River-reservoir transition zones are nitrogen fixation hot spots regardless of ecosystem trophic state

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 625, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-68

  Scott, J Thad ^a   Stanley, Jacob K ^b   Doyle, Robert D ^c   Forbes, Margaret G ^c   Brooks, Bryan W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylene reduction; Cyanobacteria; N:P ratio; Reservoir limnology; Reservoir zonation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHTING; LOCATION; NITROGEN; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOSPHORUS; PORPHYRINS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAL BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL-A; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATIONS; CYANOBACTERIA; EUTROPHIC RESERVOIRS; HOT SPOTS; HYDRODYNAMIC CONTROLS; MONOTONIC DECREASE; N FIXATIONS; N:P RATIO; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; QUALITY MANAGERS; REDUCTION METHODS; RESERVOIR LIMNOLOGY; RESERVOIR ZONATION; SAMPLE LOCATIONS; SIMILAR PATTERNS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TRANSITION ZONES; TROPHIC STATE; WATER QUALITY DEGRADATIONS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

CHLOROPHYLL A; HETEROGENEITY; HOT SPOT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; REDUCTION; RESERVOIR; RIVER; TRANSITION ZONE; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 62149126651     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9696-2     Document Type: Article

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