Land degradation in northeastern Iceland: Present and past carbon fluxes

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 401-417

  Kardjilov, M I ^a   Gisladottir, G ^a   Gislason, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

DOC (dissolved organic carbon); GIS; Iceland; NBE (net biome exchange); NEE (net ecosystem exchange); NPP (net primary production; POC (particulate organic carbon); River catchment fluxes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION; WEATHERING; WETLANDS;

CARBON FLUXES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); NET BIOME EXCHANGE (NBE); NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE (NEE); NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION (NPP); PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON (POC);

CARBON;

CARBON FLUX; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND DEGRADATION; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER CHANNEL;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33746786008     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.746     Document Type: Article

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