Abiotic controls and temporal variability of river metabolism: Multiyear analyses of Mississippi and Chattahoochee River data

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1073-1087

  Dodds, Walter K ^a   Veach, Allison M ^a   Ruffing, Claire M ^a   Larson, Danelle M ^a   Fischer, Jason L ^a   Costigan, Katie H ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Large river; Metabolism; Net ecosystem production; Net primary production; Primary production; Respiration

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LIGHT ATTENUATION; METABOLISM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; RESPIRATION; RIVER SYSTEM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888252540     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/13-018.1     Document Type: Article

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