White on green: Under-snow microbial processes and trace gas fluxes through snow, Niwot Ridge, Colorado Front Range

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Williams, Mark W ^a   Helmig, Detlev ^a   Blanken, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Isotopes; Microbes; Nitrogen oxides; Nitrous oxide; Respiration; Snow; Volatile inorganic and organic gases; Winter

Indexed keywords

AIR-SNOW INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; TRACE GAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NIWOT RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66149091066     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9330-z     Document Type: Article

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