Long-term C accumulation and total C stocks in boreal lakes in northern Québec

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ferland, Marie Eve ^a   Del Giorgio, Paul A ^a   Teodoru, Cristian R ^b   Prairie, Yves T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; BOREAL LAKES; BOREAL REGIONS; HOLOCENES; INTRINSIC CAPACITY; LAKE AREAS; LAKE DYNAMICS; LAKE MORPHOMETRY; PER UNIT; REGIONAL LEVELS; SIZE AND SHAPE; TEMPERATE REGIONS; TROPHIC STATUS; UPSCALING; WATER DEPTH;

CARBON; LOADING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

LAKES;

BIOACCUMULATION; BOREAL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GEOACCUMULATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE; MORPHOMETRY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84868019323     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004241     Document Type: Article

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