Response of dissolved organic carbon in a shallow groundwater ecosystem to a simulated global warming experiment

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2006, Pages 163-174

  Wilson, K P ^a   Williams, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Dissolved organic carbon; DOC; Ecosystem experiment; Global warming; Shallow groundwater; Temperature manipulation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 36148943182     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/GEO060171     Document Type: Article

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