Phytoplankton primary production in the world's estuarine-coastal ecosystems

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2477-2501

  Cloern, J E ^a   Foster, S Q ^a,b   Kleckner, A E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SIMULATION;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84900032601     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-2477-2014     Document Type: Article

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