Ecosystem metabolism in shallow coastal lagoons: Patterns and partitioning of planktonic, benthic, and integrated community rates

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 458, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-38

  Giordano, Juliette C P ^a   Brush, Mark J ^a   Anderson, Iris C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon; Macroalgae; Microphytobenthos; Net ecosystem metabolism; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Respiration

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AUTOTROPHY; BENTHOS; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IRRADIANCE; MACROALGA; METABOLISM; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER COLUMN;

DELMARVA PENINSULA; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84863583825     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09719     Document Type: Article

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