Radiocarbon content of CO2 respired from high arctic tundra in Northwest Greenland

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-350

  Czimczik, Claudia I ^a   Welker, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECOMPOSITION; GROWING SEASON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERMAFROST; PORE SPACE; SEASONALITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; TOPSOIL; TUNDRA; TUNDRA SOIL;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 77955860251     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.3.342     Document Type: Article

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