Carbon cycling in lake erie during cultural eutrophication over the last century inferred from the stable carbon isotope composition of sediments

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-272

  Lu, Yuehan ^a,c   Meyers, Philip A ^a   Eadie, Brian J ^b   Robbins, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake erie sediment stable carbon isotope eutrophication calcium carbonate total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CORRELATION; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

EID: 77950953317     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-009-9330-y     Document Type: Article

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