Turbidity, light, temperature, and hydropeaking control primary productivity in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 512-526

  Hall, Robert O ^a   Yackulic, Charles B ^b   Kennedy, Theodore A ^b   Yard, Michael D ^b   Rosi Marshall, Emma J ^c   Voichick, Nicholas ^b   Behn, Kathrine E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CLOUD COVER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTIMATION METHOD; INSOLATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GRAND CANYON; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84999693684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10031     Document Type: Article

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