The effects of river inflow and retention time on the spatial heterogeneity of chlorophyll and water-air CO2 fluxes in a tropical hydropower reservoir

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 147-162

  Pacheco, F S ^a   Soares, M C S ^b   Assireu, A T ^c   Curtarelli, M P ^a   Abril, G ^d   Stech, J L ^a   Alvala P C ^a   Ometto, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ITAJUBÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; INFLOW; PHYTOPLANKTON; RETENTION; RIVER FLOW;

BRAZIL; FUNIL RESERVOIR; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84920744805     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-147-2015     Document Type: Article

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