Hydrological controls on carbon metabolism in wetlands

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 249, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-18

  Coletti, Janaine Z ^a   Hinz, Christoph ^a,b   Vogwill, Ryan ^a,c   Hipsey, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Climate change; Ecohydrological model; Semi arid; Vegetation; Wetland metabolism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON ASSIMILATION; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBON STORAGE; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE SIGNALS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; DECOMPOSERS; ECOHYDROLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; GLOBAL SCALE; HYDROLOGICAL CONTROLS; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DYNAMICS; MODEL SIMULATION; OPTIMUM COMBINATION; REGIONAL GRADIENTS; RETENTION EFFICIENCIES; SEMI ARID; SHORT TERM; SOIL CARBON STORAGE; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; VEGETATION RESPONSE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DELIVERY; WATER UPTAKE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WETLAND ECOSYSTEM;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WETLANDS;

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOHYDROLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; VEGETATION COVER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84872147213     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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