Primary production in a tropical reservoir in Sri Lanka

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 487, Issue , 2002, Pages 85-93

  Amarasinghe, P Bandu ^a   Vijverberg, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Lowland reservoirs; Primary production; South east Asia; Tissawewa reservoir; Tropical limnology

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OXYGEN;

WIND SPEED;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESERVOIR; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

SRI LANKA;

ALGAE;

EID: 0036877172     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022985908451     Document Type: Article

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