Priming the productivity pump: Flood pulse driven trends in suspended algal biomass distribution across a restored floodplain

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1417-1433

  Ahearn, Dylan S ^a   Viers, Joshua H ^a   Mount, Jeffrey F ^a   Dahlgren, Randy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosumnes river; Flood pulse; Floodplain; Phytoplankton; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHLOROPHYLL A; FLOODPLAIN; RESIDENCE TIME; SPRING (SEASON);

CALIFORNIA; COSUMNES RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 33746265523     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01580.x     Document Type: Article

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