Age and source of different forms of carbon released from boreal peatland streams during spring snowmelt in E. Finland

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 273-286

  Billett, Michael F ^a   Garnett, Mark H ^b   Dinsmore, Kerry J ^a   Dyson, Kirstie E ^a   Harvey, Frank ^a   Thomson, Amanda M ^a   Piirainen, Sirpa ^c   Kortelainen, Pirkko ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal; Carbon dioxide; DOC; Flux; Peatland; Radiocarbon; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PEATLAND; SNOWMELT;

FINLAND;

EID: 84873106673     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9645-4     Document Type: Article

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