Sediment organic carbon distribution in 4 small northern missouri impoundments: Implications for sampling and carbon sequestration

Inland Waters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-46

  Pittman, Brady ^a   Jones, John R ^a   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a   Kremer, Robert J ^a   Downing, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Missouri reservoirs; Sampling; Sediment organic carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875144676     PISSN: 20442041     EISSN: 2044205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5268/IW-3.1.507     Document Type: Article

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