Gross and net primary production: Closing the gap between concepts and measurements

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 113-122

  Beardall, John ^a   Ihnken, Sven ^a   Quigg, Antonietta ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Fluorescence; Photosynthesis; Primary productivity; Protein turnoverhomeostasis; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 70349190609     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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