Surface exposure to sunlight stimulates CO2 release from permafrost soil carbon in the Arctic

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3429-3434

  Cory, Rose M ^a   Crump, Byron C ^b   Dobkowski, Jason A ^c   Kling, George W ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial community composition; Carbon cycling; Dissolved organic matter; Photochemistry; Stream

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERMAFROST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FREEZING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; SOIL; SUNLIGHT; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84874458955     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214104110     Document Type: Article

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