Heterotrophic bacterio-plankton in thawed lakes of the northern part of Western Siberia controls the CO2 flux to the atmosphere

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 433-445

  Shirokova, L S ^a   Pokrovsky, O S ^b   Kirpotin, S N ^c   Dupre B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Carbon; Lake; Permafrost; Siberia; Thaw

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GROUND TEMPERATURE; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; LAKE FORMATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; ORGANIC MATTER; SIBERIA; THAW; WATER COLUMNS; WESTERN SIBERIA;

AMPLIFICATION; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; THAWING;

LAKES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70350342114     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230902758071     Document Type: Article

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