Photosynthetic oxygen flux by Macrocystis pyrifera: A mass transfer model with experimental validation

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 434, Issue , 2011, Pages 45-55

  Hansen, Amy T ^a   Hondzo, Miki ^a   Hurd, Catriona L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dissolved oxygen; Macrocystis pyrifera; Mass transfer; Model; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; FLUID FLOW; KELP FOREST; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS TRANSFER; MOMENTUM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POWER LAW; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; VELOCITY PROFILE;

MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 79961077073     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09196     Document Type: Article

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