An oxygen-mediated positive feedback between elevated carbon dioxide and soil organic matter decomposition in a simulated anaerobic wetland

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2036-2044

  Wolf, Amelia A ^a,b   Drake, Bert G ^b   Erickson, John E ^b   Megonigal, J Patrick ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Elevated CO2; Positive feedback; Priming effect; Root oxygen loss

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; OXYGEN; REDOX POTENTIAL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WETLAND;

SCHOENOPLECTUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 34548380465     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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