The oxygen-18 isotope approach for measuring aquatic metabolism in high-productivity waters

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1439-1453

  Tobias, Craig R ^a,b   Böhlke, John Karl ^a   Harvey, Judson W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; MONITORING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; STREAM;

EID: 34547220924     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.4.1439     Document Type: Article

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