Contributions of algae to GPP and DOC production in an Alaskan fen: Effects of historical water table manipulations on ecosystem responses to a natural flood

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 821-832

  Wyatt, Kevin H ^a,e   Turetsky, Merritt R ^b   Rober, Allison R ^a   Giroldo, Danilo ^c   Kane, Evan S ^d   Stevenson, R Jan ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^d MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decomposition; Drought; Ecosystem memory; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOASSAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FEN; FLOOD; FLOODING; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODING; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84862193397     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2233-4     Document Type: Article

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