Carbon pool dynamics in the Lower Fraser Basin from 1827 to 1990

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 443-455

  Boyle, C A ^a   Lavkulich, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon pools; Carbon release to atmosphere; Global warming; Greenhouse effect

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LANDFILL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORICAL STUDY;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRASER BASIN;

MAMMALIA;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND FILL; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TROPICS; WATER RESOURCES;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON POOLS;

CARBON;

EID: 0030615633     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900041     Document Type: Article

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