Primary production and carbon dioxide metabolic balance of a lake-rich arctic river floodplain: Partitioning of phytoplankton, epipelon, macrophyte, and epiphyton production among lakes on the mackenzie delta

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 853-872

  Squires, Margaret M ^a,f   Lesack, Lance F W ^b   Hecky, Robert E ^c   Guildford, Stephanie J ^c   Ramlal, Patricia ^d   Higgins, Scott N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f Water Matters   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Carbon dioxide; Epipelon; Epiphyton; Floodplain lakes; Large rivers; Light attenuation; Mackenzie Delta; Macrophytes; Phytoplankton; Tundra; Whole lake productivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EPIPHYTE; FLOODPLAIN; LAKE; MACROPHYTE; METABOLISM; PARTITIONING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

ALGAE; AVES; EPIPHYTON; MAMMALIA;

EID: 68149162594     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9263-3     Document Type: Article

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