Primary production and carrying capacity of former salt ponds after reconnection to San Francisco bay

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 841-851

  Thébault, Julien ^a,b   Schraga, Tara S ^a   Cloern, James E ^a   Dunlavey, Eric G ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^c San Jose City College   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Dissolved oxygen concentration; Ecosystem restoration; Food webs; Forage biota; Net ecosystem metabolism; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BENTHIVORY; BIOENERGETICS; CARRYING CAPACITY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; FOOD WEB; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTIVORE; POND; RESPIRATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; WATERFOWL; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AVES; BIVALVIA;

EID: 72249086794     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-190.1     Document Type: Article

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