Dimension effects of enclosures on ecological processes in pelagic systems

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1331-1340

  Berg, Gry Mine ^a,b   Glibert, Patricia M ^a   Chen, Chung Chi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032800831     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.5.1331     Document Type: Article

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