Quantifying the role of microphytobenthos in temperate intertidal ecosystems …

This thesis aimed to quantify the functional and structuring role of MPB on estuarine tidal flats in the estuarine ecosystem. A genetic method was developed to retrieve MPB primary production rates from a combination of remotely sensed information, that allows the assessment of MPB on the estuary scale, ambient temperature measurements, field measurements of photosynthetic parameters and a tid…