Continuous monitoring reveals multiple controls on ecosystem metabolism in a suburban stream

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 918-937

  Beaulieu, Jake J ^a   Arango, Clay P ^b   Balz, David A ^c   Shuster, William D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEGASUS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophic respiration; Desiccation; Hysteresis; Photosynthesis irradiance curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876329175     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12097     Document Type: Article

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