The impact of permafrost thawing on the carbon dynamics of tundra

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-232

  Waelbroeck, Claire ^a   Monfray, P ^a   Oechel, W C ^b   Hastings, S ^b   Vourlitis, G ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMAFROST; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFORMS; THAWING;

HOLOCENE CARBON ACCUMULATION; TUNDRA ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION; CARBON STORAGE; GLOBAL WARMING; PERMAFROST; TUNDRA;

CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON STOCKS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LONG LASTING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERMAFROST THAWING; SHORT TERM;

EID: 0031063188     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00071     Document Type: Article

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