Modeling the carbon dynamics of the La Grande hydroelectric complex in northern Quebec

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 610-620

  Weissenberger, Sebastian ^a   Lucotte, Marc ^a   Houel, Stéphane ^a   Soumis, Nicolas ^a   Duchemin, Éric ^a   Canuel, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Greenhouse gas emission; Organic matter mineralization; Reservoirs; Terrigeneous organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE MODELS; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON FLUXES; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CONTINENTAL WATERS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAINAGE BASIN; ERODED SOILS; FIRST YEAR; FLOODED SOIL; INPUT DATAS; NORTHERN QUEBEC; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER MINERALIZATION; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SOIL CARBON FLUXES; WATER RESIDENCE TIME; WATER-ATMOSPHERE INTERFACE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; DISSOLUTION; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MINERALOGY; PHASE INTERFACES; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOODING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RESERVOIR; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 73949154937     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.10.037     Document Type: Article

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