Morin, A., W. Lamoureux, and J. Busnarda. 1997 Empirical models predicting primary productivity from chlorophyll a and water temperature in streams, lakes, and oceans. Morin, A., W. Lamoureux, and J. Busnarda. 1997. Empirical models predicting primary productivity from chlorophyll a and water temperature in streams, lakes, and oceans.
Regression models differ significantly across ecosystems.
Considering the reduced effort required to obtain estimates of primary production using these regression models, we argue that they are nevertheless useful when coarse estimates are sufficient or when adequate resources are not available to make direct measurements.