Carbon dynamics in lakes of the boreal forest under a changing climate

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages 175-189

  Benoy, Glenn ^a,c   Cash, Kevin ^a   McCauley, Edward ^b   Wrona, Frederick ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FREDERICTON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic food webs; Biogeochemistry; Boreal forest; Carbon budgets; Climate change; Dissolved organic carbon; Lakes; Ponds; Watershed hydrology

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; PONDING; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING;

AQUATIC FOOD WEB; BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON BUDGETS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY;

AQUATIC FOOD WEBS; BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON BUDGETS; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; WATER SHEDS;

EID: 38049121458     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/A07-006     Document Type: Review

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