Response of anaerobic carbon cycling to water table manipulation in an Alaskan rich fen

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-60

  Kane, E S ^a   Chivers, M R ^a,e   Turetsky, M R ^a,f   Treat, C C ^a,g   Petersen, D G ^b,h   Waldrop, M ^c   Harden, J W ^c   McGuire, A D ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e Pollution Prevention Branch   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Boreal; Carbon cycle; Climate change; Dissolved organic carbon; Fen; Nitrogen cycle; Peat

Indexed keywords

BOREAL; CARBON CYCLES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FEN; NITROGEN CYCLES;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PEAT; STREAM FLOW; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEN; LEACHATE; REDOX POTENTIAL; RESEARCH; WATER TABLE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871025595     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.10.032     Document Type: Article

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