Regulation of the nitrogen biogeochemistry of mountain lakes by subsidies of terrestrial dissolved organic matter and the implications for climate studies

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 333-345

  Bunting, Lynda ^a   Leavitt, Peter R ^a   Paul Weidman, R ^b   Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 75749115510     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.1.0333     Document Type: Article

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