Biological and physical influences on the carbon isotope content of CO2 in a subalpine forest snowpack, Niwot Ridge, Colorado

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-59

  Bowling, D R ^a   Massman, W J ^b   Schaeffer, S M ^a,c   Burns, S P ^d,e   Monson, R K ^d   Williams, M W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Microbial; Niwot Ridge AmeriFlux site; Soil respiration; Stable isotope; Winter

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOREST CANOPY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

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

EID: 70349660233     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-008-9233-4     Document Type: Article

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