Effects of irradiance on benthic and water column processes in a Gulf of Mexico estuary: Pensacola Bay, Florida, USA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-512

  Murrell, Michael C ^a   Campbell, Jed G ^a   Hagy III, James D ^a   Caffrey, Jane M ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

dissolved oxygen; Florida; net ecosystem metabolism; nutrient cycles; Pensacola Bay; phytobenthos; primary production; respiration; USA

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SALINITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PENSACOLA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849165210     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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