Direct and indirect coupling of primary production and diel nitrate dynamics in a subtropical spring-fed river

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 677-688

  Heffernan, James B ^a,b   Cohen, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; DENITRIFICATION; DIEL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXUDATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HETEROTROPHY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPRING WATER; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; ICHETUCKNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650506948     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.55.2.0677     Document Type: Article

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