Interannual variability at three inland water sites: Implications for sentinel ecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-287

  Jassby, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Castle Lake; Chlorophyll; Estuaries; Interannual variability; Lake Tahoe; Lakes; Phytoplankton; Primary productivity; San Francisco Bay Delta; Sentinel sites; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SENTINEL SITE;

CALIFORNIA; USA;

EID: 0031979621     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0277:IVATIW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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