Is there light after depth? Distribution of periphyton chlorophyll and productivity in lake littoral zones

Freshwater Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 524-536

  Vadeboncoeur, Yvonne ^a   Devlin, Shawn P ^a,c   McIntyre, Peter B ^b   Zanden, M Jake Vander ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

C:N; Disturbance; Epipelon; Lake Tahoe; Lake Tanganyika; Light; Microphytobenthos; North Temperate Lakes; Periphyton; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; PERIPHYTON; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TAHOE; LAKE TANGANYIKA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84903590428     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676315     Document Type: Article

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