Local and regional drivers of headwater streams metabolism: Insights from the first AIL collaborative project

Limnetica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 67-85

  Pastor, Ada ^a,b   Lupon, Anna ^c   Gomez Gener, Lluis ^a   Rodriguez Castillo, Tamara ^d   Abril, Meritxell ^a   Arce, Maria Isabel ^e   Aristi, Ibon ^f   Arroita, Maite ^f   Bravo, Andrea G ^g   De Castro Catala, Nuria ^a   Campo, Rubendel ^h   Casas Ruiz, Joan Pere ^b   Estevez, Edurne ^d   Fernandez, Diego ⁱ   Fillo, Mireia ^b   Flores, Lorea ^j   Freixa, Anna ^b,k   Gimenez Grau, Pau ^l   Gonzalez Ferreras, Alexia Maria ^d   Amol, Elena Hernandez Del ^a   Martin, Eduardo J ^c   Martinez, Aingeru ^f   Monroy, Silvia ^f   Mora Gomez, Juanita ^k   Palacin Lizarbe, Carlos ^l,m   Pereda, Olatz ^f   Poblador, Silvia ^a   Rasines Ladero, Ruben ⁿ   Reyes, Marta ^a   Rodriguez Lozano, Pablo ^a,o   Ruiz, Celia ^p   Sanpera Calbet, Isis ^a   Solagaistua, Libe ^f   Tornero, Irene ^k   Catalan, Nuria ^b,g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

ⁱ Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^j Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^l CREAF   (Spain)

^m SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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Author keywords

coordinated distributed experiment; ecoregions; ecosystem respiration; functioning; Gross primary production; season

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEADWATER; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; METABOLISM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; STREAMWATER;

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EID: 85040454349     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23818/limn.36.06     Document Type: Article

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