Estimating and scaling stream ecosystem metabolism along channels with heterogeneous substrate

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 679-688

  Hondzo, Miki ^a   Voller, Vaughan R ^a   Morris, Mark ^a   Foufoula Georgiou, Efi ^a   Finlay, Jacques ^a   Ganti, Vamsi ^a   Power, Mary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid mechanics; Gross primary production; Photosynthesis; Respiration

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONLESS ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; HETEROGENEOUS SUBSTRATES; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PREDICTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; RESPIRATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUID MECHANICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STREAM FLOW;

ESTIMATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; METABOLISM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; SUBSTRATE;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881542385     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1391     Document Type: Article

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