Influence of diel cycles of respiration, chlorophyll, and photosynthetic parameters on the summer metabolic balance of temperate lakes and rivers

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1048-1058

  Forget, Marie Hélène ^a,b   Carignan, Richard ^b   Hudon, Christiane ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DIEL VARIATION; EPILIMNION; HETEROTROPHY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; RIVER;

CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70349509289     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-058     Document Type: Article

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