Biogeochemistry of organic carbon, CO2, CH4, and trace elements in thermokarst water bodies in discontinuous permafrost zones of Western Siberia

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 573-593

  Shirokova, L S ^a,b   Pokrovsky, O S ^a,b   Kirpotin, S N ^c   Desmukh, C ^d   Pokrovsky, B G ^e   Audry, S ^b   Viers, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Colloids; Lake; Permafrost; Thermokarst; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLLOID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAINAGE; METHANE; MINERALIZATION; MOBILIZATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERMAFROST; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON; TERRAIN; THERMOKARST; TRACE ELEMENT;

SIBERIA;

EID: 84876282746     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9790-4     Document Type: Article

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