Aquatic metabolism and ecosystem health assessment using dissolved O 2 stable isotope diel curves

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 965-982

  Venkiteswaran, Jason J ^a   Schiff, Sherry L ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Gas exchange; Metabolism; Primary production; Respiration; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIEL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GAS EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SATURATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

OXYGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 50549104163     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0491.1     Document Type: Article

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