The biogeochemistry of nitrous oxide in permanently ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Global Change Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-315

  Priscu, John C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic lakes; Atmospheric flux; Biogeochemistry; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLUX; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ICE COVERED LAKE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANTARCTICA, MCMURDO DRY VALLEY;

EID: 0031445145     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1997.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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