Using primary productivity as an index of coastal eutrophication: The units of measurement matter

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Smith, Val H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILITY; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 34047217690     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbl061     Document Type: Article

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