Reconciling the temperature dependence of respiration across timescales and ecosystem types

Nature

Volumn 487, Issue 7408, 2012, Pages 472-476

  Yvon Durocher, Gabriel ^a,b   Caffrey, Jane M ^c   Cescatti, Alessandro ^d   Dossena, Matteo ^a   Giorgio, Paul Del ^e   Gasol, Josep M ^f   Montoya, José M ^f   Pumpanen, Jukka ^g   Staehr, Peter A ^h   Trimmer, Mark ^a   Woodward, Guy ^a   Allen, Andrew P ⁱ  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; METABOLISM; ORGANIC CARBON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIMESCALE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ESTUARY; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; METABOLISM; PELAGIC ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMANS; KINETICS; LAKES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84864288219     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11205     Document Type: Article

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