Annual cycle and interannual variability of ecosystem metabolism in a temperate climate embayment

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 509-533

  Smith, S V ^a   Hollibaugh, J T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Biogeochemistry; Carbon; Ecosystem metabolism; Embayment; Interannual variability; Net ecosystem production; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Runoff; Stoichiometry; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; METABOLISM;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARY; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; TOMALES BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031390066     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1997)067[0509:ACAIVO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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