Spring phytoplankton photosynthesis, growth, and primary production and relationships to a recurrent coastal sediment plume and river inputs in southeastern Lake Michigan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Lohrenz, Steven E ^a   Fahnenstiel, Gary L ^b   Millie, David F D ^c   Schofield, Oscar M E ^d   Johengen, Tom ^e   Bergmann, Trisha ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Fish and Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Michigan; Lake Michigan phytoplankton processes; Phytoplankton; Primary production

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLUME; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11844261419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002383     Document Type: Article

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