Relative independence of dissolved organic carbon transport and processing in a large temperate river: The Hudson River as both pipe and reactor

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-197

  Del Giorgio, Paul A ^a   Pace, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CARBON BUDGET; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; RESPIRATION; SESTON;

HUDSON RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 38749087550     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.1.0185     Document Type: Article

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