Linking forest fires to lake metabolism and carbon dioxide emissions in the boreal region of Northern Québec

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2861-2873

  Marchand, Delphine ^a   Prairie, Yves T ^a   del Giorgio, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Carbon dioxide flux; Climate; Forest fire; Lakes; Organic carbon; Plankton respiration; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOREST FIRE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HETEROGENEITY; LAKE; METABOLISM; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESPIRATION; WATERSHED;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 74549139670     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01979.x     Document Type: Article

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