Love handles in aquatic ecosystems: The role of dissolved organic carbon drawdown, resuspended sediments, and terrigenous inputs in the carbon balance of Lake Michigan

Ecosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 431-445

  Biddanda, Bopaiah A ^a,b   Cotner, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth efficiency; Carbon balance; Dissolved organic carbon; Land lake linkages; Respiration; Sediment resuspension; Southern Lake Michigan; Terrigenous matter

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CARBON BALANCE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036704667     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0163-z     Document Type: Article

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