Production vs. Respiration in river systems: An indicator of an "ecological status"

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 375, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 110-124

  Garnier, Josette ^a   Billen, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological status; Ecology; Photosynthesis; Production; Respiration; River; Seine

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; WATERSHEDS;

ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; RESPIRATION; SEINE RIVER SYSTEM;

RIVERS;

OXYGEN;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BREATHING; CALCULATION; ECOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; EVALUATION; FRANCE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXYGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947110308     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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