Annual cycle and inter-annual variability of gross primary production and ecosystem respiration in a floodprone river during a 15-year period

• Published in: Freshwater biology Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 938 - 950
• Main Author: UEHLINGER, URS
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2006; Blackwell Science; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Annual variations; Biological and medical sciences; disturbance; Fresh water ecosystems; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; long-term trend; P/R; Primary production; river metabolism; stability; Synecology; Switzerland, Thur R; Switzerland, Swiss Plateau; disturbance; Primary productivity; Stability; Annual variation; long-term trend; Perturbation; Rivers; Metabolism; Long term; Cycle; Freshwater environment; Aquatic environment; P/R; Hydrobiology; Ecosystem; river metabolism; Stream; Respiration

Summary 1. Temporal variation in ecosystem metabolism over a 15‐year period (1986–2000) was evaluated in a seventh order channelised gravel bed river (mean annual discharge 48.7 m3 s−1) of the Swiss Plateau. The river is subject to frequent disturbance by bed‐moving spates. Daily integrals of gross...