Decomposition of old organic matter as a result of deeper active layers in a snow depth manipulation experiment

Oecologia

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 785-792

  Nowinski, Nicole S ^a   Taneva, Lina ^b   Trumbore, Susan E ^a,c   Welker, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Carbon cycling; Permafrost; Radiocarbon; Tundra

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SNOW; SOIL;

CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; PERMAFROST; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; TUNDRA; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TIME; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SNOW; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; TOOLIK LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953686640     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1556-x     Document Type: Article

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