Freshwater food webs control carbon dioxide saturation through sedimentation

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 644-651

  Flanagan, Kyla M ^a   McCauley, Edward ^a   Wrona, Frederick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological pump; Carbon sink; Climate change; CO2 flux; Feedback; Freshwater food webs; Lakes; Sedimentation; Source sink dynamics; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOOD WEB; SEDIMENTATION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

EID: 33645472921     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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