Interannual variation in discharge controls ecosystem metabolism along a grassland river continuum

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2199-2211

  Young, Roger G ^a,b   Huryn, Alexander D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM METABOLISM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TURBIDITY; WATER DEPTH;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, TAIERI RIVER;

EID: 0030434211     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-186     Document Type: Article

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