Variation in peak growing season net ecosystem production across the Canadian arctic

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 7971-7977

  Lafleur, Peter M ^a   Humphreys, Elyn R ^b   St Louis, Vincent L ^c   Myklebust, May C ^a   Papakyriakou, Tim ^d   Poissant, Laurier ^e   Barker, Joel D ^c   Pilote, Martin ^e   Swystun, Kyle A ^d  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; AUTOTROPHIC RESPIRATION; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATIC CHANGES; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; GROSS ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIONS; GROWING SEASON; HIGH ARCTIC; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; GROWING SEASON; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CANADA; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 84864650425     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300500m     Document Type: Article

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