Phytoplankton biomass and productivity in two oligotrophic lakes of short hydraulic residence time

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-134

  Schallenberg, Marc ^a   Burns, Carolyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Hydraulic residence time; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; OLIGOTROPHIC LAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, LAKE DUNSTAN; NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, LAKE WAKATIPU;

EID: 0030616981     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516749     Document Type: Article

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