Controls on the composition and lability of dissolved organic matter in Siberia's Kolyma River basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mann, P J ^a   Davydova, A ^b   Zimov, N ^b   Spencer, R G M ^a   Davydov, S ^b   Bulygina, E ^a   Zimov, S ^b   Holmes, R M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGRAPH; LATITUDE; MOBILIZATION; PERMAFROST;

ARCTIC OCEAN; KOLYMA BASIN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 84858051215     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001798     Document Type: Article

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