Environmental controls of whole-stream metabolism identified from continuous monitoring of Basque streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-268

  Izagirre, Oihana ^a   Agirre, Urko ^b   Bermejo, Miren ^a   Pozo, Jesús ^a   Elosegi, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological status; Ecosystem respiration; Flood disturbance; Metabolism; Periphyton; Primary production; Stream

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; DISCHARGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; METABOLISM; PERIPHYTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAM;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 47049122097     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-022.1     Document Type: Article

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