Sources and fates of dissolved organic carbon in lakes as determined by whole-lake carbon isotope additions

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-129

  Bade, Darren L ^a,b   Carpenter, Stephen R ^a   Cole, Jonathan J ^b   Pace, Michael L ^b   Kritzberg, Emma ^c   Van De Bogert, Matthew C ^b   Cory, Rose M ^d   McKnight, Diane M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Autochthonous; Carbon stable isotopes; Dissolved organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; AUTOCHTHON; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIC LAKE; LAKE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; TROPHIC STATUS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249790161     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-006-9013-y     Document Type: Article

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