Enhanced transfer of terrestrially derived carbon to the atmosphere in a flooding event

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-122

  Bianchi, Thomas S ^a   Garcia Tigreros, Fenix ^a   Yvon Lewis, Shari A ^a   Shields, Michael ^a   Mills, Heath J ^a   Butman, David ^b   Osburn, Christopher ^c   Raymond, Peter ^b   Shank, G Christopher ^d   DiMarco, Steven F ^a   Walker, Nan ^e   Reese, Brandi Kiel ^a,g   Mullins Perry, Ruth ^a   Quigg, Antonietta ^a   Aiken, George R ^f   Grossman, Ethan L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; SOCIETAL CONCERNS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

FLOODS;

BACTERIUM; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLOODING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874926158     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054145     Document Type: Article

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