Temporal and spatial variations in R:P ratios in Lake Superior, an oligotrophic freshwater environment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Russ, Mary E ^a   Ostrom, Nathaniel E ^a   Gandhi, Hasand ^a   Ostrom, Peggy H ^a   Urban, Noel R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air water gas exchange; Oxygen isotopes; Photosynthesis; R:P ratios; Respiration; Trophic state

Indexed keywords

GAS EXCHANGE; LAKE WATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION;

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

EID: 11844270407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC001890     Document Type: Article

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