Gross primary productivity of phytoplankton and planktonic respiration in inland floodplain wetlands of southeast Australia: Habitat-dependent patterns and regulating processes

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 833-843

  Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ralph, Timothy J ^b   Ryder, Darren S ^c   Hunter, Simon J ^a  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling and transformation; Channel and floodplain habitats; Environmental water; Predictive model; Semi arid wetlands

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOODPLAIN; METABOLISM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84883760383     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-013-1065-6     Document Type: Article

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