Blowin' in the wind: Reciprocal airborne carbon fluxes between lakes and land

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-182

  Vander Zanden, M Jake ^a   Gratton, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DETRITUS; GEOMETRY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; OPEN WATER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WIND FORCING;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79551669255     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F10-157     Document Type: Article

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