Phytoplankton production in a large, regulated river: A modeling and mass balance assessment

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1476-1487

  Sellers, Tim ^a,b   Bukaveckas, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b KEUKA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MASS BALANCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER;

OHIO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0043073265     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.4.1476     Document Type: Article

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