The influence of floodplain habitat on the quantity and quality of riverine phytoplankton carbon produced during the flood season in San Francisco Estuary

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-378

  Lehman, Peggy W ^a   Sommer, Ted ^a   Rivard, Linda ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon load; Flood pulse; Floodplain; Phytoplankton community; Primary productivity; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD WEB; HABITAT QUALITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; STREAMFLOW;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES; YOLO BYPASS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 49349095990     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9102-6     Document Type: Article

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