Depth-integrated estimates of ecosystem metabolism in a high-elevation lake (Emerald Lake, Sierra Nevada, California)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1764-1780

  Sadro, Steven ^a   Melack, John M ^a   MacIntyre, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELEVATION; EPILIMNION; EUPHOTIC ZONE; GROWING SEASON; HYPOLIMNION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATION; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENCE; WATER COLUMN; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; EMERALD LAKE; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80855124857     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1764     Document Type: Article

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