Metabolism and organic carbon fluxes in the tidal freshwater Hudson River

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 848-865

  Howarth, R W ^a   Schneider, R ^a   Swaney, D ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; METABOLISM; ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

USA, NEW YORK, HUDSON RIVER;

EID: 0030299143     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352302     Document Type: Article

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