Bomb-14C analysis of ecosystem respiration reveals that peatland vegetation facilitates release of old carbon

Geoderma

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 393-401

  Hardie, S M L ^a,b,c,d   Garnett, M H ^b   Fallick, A E ^c   Ostle, N J ^d   Rowland, A P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; Carbon cycling; CO2; Isotope mass balance; Mixing model; Partitioning; Peatland; Radiocarbon; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; CO2; ISOTOPE MASS BALANCE; MIXING MODEL; PARTITIONING; PEATLAND; RADIOCARBON; RESPIRATION;

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATOTELM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; MIXING; PARTITIONING; PEATLAND; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RESPIRATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UPLAND REGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349992646     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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