The freshwater tidal wetland Liberty Island, CA was both a source and sink of inorganic and organic material to the San Francisco Estuary

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-372

  Lehman, P W ^a   Mayr, S ^b   Mecum, L ^c   Enright, C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

^b Central District   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Freshwater tidal wetland; Material flux; Phytoplankton; Tide; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DISSOLVED MATTER; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RIVER FLOW; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SUSPENDED LOAD; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA; LIBERTY ISLAND; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALANOIDA; COPEPODA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77952425271     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-009-9295-y     Document Type: Article

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