Ecosystem Modulation of Dissolved Carbon Age in a Temperate Marsh-Dominated Estuary

Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 694-705

  Raymond, Peter A ^a   Hopkinson, Charles S ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon 14; Carbondioxide (CO2); Dissolved inorganic carbon; Dissolved organic carbon; Estuary; Marsh; Radiocarbon; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARSH; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; PARKER ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344100099     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-002-0213-6     Document Type: Article

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