Carbon cycling in large lakes of the world: A synthesis of production, burial, and lake-atmosphere exchange estimates

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Alin, Simone R ^a,b   Johnson, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

EID: 36749098954     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GB002881     Document Type: Article

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