Highly predictable photosynthetic production in natural macroalgal communities from incoming and absorbed light

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 464-476

  Middelboe, Anne Lise ^a   Sand Jensen, Kaj ^b   Binzer, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community production; Gross photosynthesis; Light use efficiency; Macroalgae; Seasonal variations; Thallus photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; COASTAL WATER; MACROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; DENMARK; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33750981512     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0526-9     Document Type: Article

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