Contribution of dissolved organic C to stream metabolism: A mesocosm study using 13C-enriched tree-tissue leachate

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-67

  Wiegner, Tracy N ^a,c   Kaplan, Louis A ^a   Newbold, J Denis ^a   Ostrom, Peggy H ^b  

^a STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Dissolved organic carbon; Ecosystem metabolism; Leachate; Stable isotopes; Streams; Tracers

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LEACHATE; METABOLISM; STREAM; TRACER;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WHITE CLAY CREEK; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 14344253705     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2005)024<0048:CODOCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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