Leaf- and cell-level carbon cycling responses to a nitrogen and phosphorus gradient in two arctic tundra species

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1702-1714

  Heskel, Mary A ^a   Roger Anderson, O ^b   Atkin, Owen K ^c   Turnbull, Matthew H ^d   Griffin, Kevin L ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; Carbon cycling; Chloroplasts; Light inhibition; Mitochondria; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Photosynthesis; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPLAST; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; TUNDRA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIRCH; CARBON CYCLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CHLOROPLAST; CYPERACEAE; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MESOPHYLL CELL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARCTIC REGIONS; BETULA; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; CHLOROPLASTS; CYPERACEAE; FERTILIZATION; LIGHT; MESOPHYLL CELLS; MITOCHONDRIA; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867599569     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200251     Document Type: Article

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