Fortnightly Tidal Modulations Affect Net Community Production in a Mesotidal Estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 37, Issue S1, 2014, Pages 91-110

  Nidzieko, Nicholas J ^a   Needoba, Joseph A ^b   Monismith, Stephen G ^c   Johnson, Kenneth S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea gas exchange; Biogeochemical cycling; Ecosystem metabolism; Elkhorn Slough; Estuarine mixing; Net community production; Primary production; Tides

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; MIXING; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TIDAL CYCLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; TIMESCALE; WATER COLUMN;

CALIFORNIA; ELKHORN SLOUGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898056507     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9765-2     Document Type: Article

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