Dust inputs and bacteria influence dissolved organic matter in clear alpine lakes

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mladenov, N ^a,k   Sommaruga, R ^b   Morales Baquero, R ^a   Laurion, I ^c   Camarero, L ^d   Dieguez M C ^e   Camacho, A ^f   Delgado, A ^g   Torres, O ^h   Chen, Z ⁱ   Felip, M ^j   Reche, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^e Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE TUNDRA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CLIMATE; DUST; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; LAKE; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; AIR; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AIR; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79960897892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1411     Document Type: Article

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