Temporal dynamics of seston: A recurring nighttime peak and seasonal shifts in composition in a stream ecosystem

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 344-354

  Richardson, David C ^a   Kaplan, Louis A ^a   Newbold, J Denis ^a   Aufdenkampe, Anthony K ^a  

^a STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AMPHIBIAN; BASEFLOW; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTURBATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PIEDMONT; RESPIRATION; SESTON; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WHITE CLAY CREEK;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ASTACOIDEA;

EID: 61649115637     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0344     Document Type: Article

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