Hydrologic variability, water chemistry, and phytoplankton biomass in a large flood plain of the Sacramento River, CA, U.S.A.

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 513, Issue , 2004, Pages 129-139

  Schemel, Laurence Edward ^a   Sommer, Ted R ^a   Müller Solger, Anke B ^a   Harrell, William C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved inorganic nutrients; Floodplain hydrology; Phytoplankton biomass; Sacramento river

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DRAINAGE; ESTUARIES; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; WATER;

FLOODPLAINS; PHYTOPLANKTONS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842581890     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:hydr.0000018178.85404.1c     Document Type: Article

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