Quantifying ecosystem metabolism in the middle reaches of Murrumbidgee River during irrigation flow releases

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-241

  Vink, S ^a   Bormans, M ^a   Ford, P W ^a   Grigg, N J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Heterotrophic; Phytoplankton production; Respiration; River metabolism

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

EID: 19544376822     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF04187     Document Type: Article

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