Significance and mechanisms of photosynthetic production of dissolved organic carbon in a coastal eutrophic ecosystem

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1652-1666

  Marañón, Emilio ^a   Cermeño, Pedro ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^a   Rodríguez, Jaime ^b   Zabala, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; IRRADIANCE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; UPWELLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; RIA DE VIGO; RIAS BAJAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 5044236308     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.5.1652     Document Type: Article

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