Using variations in the stable carbon isotope composition of macrophyte remains to quantify nutrient dynamics in lakes

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 739-750

  Herzschuh, Ulrike ^a,b   Mischke, Steffen ^c   Meyer, Hanno ^a   Plessen, Birgit ^d   Zhang, Chengjun ^e  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen carbonate uptake; Lake carbon cycle; Macrophyte macrofossils; Productivity; Stable carbon isotopes; Submerged aquatic plants; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; FOSSIL RECORD; MACROPHYTE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OSTRACOD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CHARALES; OSTRACODA; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS;

EID: 77952675426     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-009-9365-0     Document Type: Article

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