Impact of deforestation on solid and dissolved organic matter characteristics of tropical peat forests: Implications for carbon release

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 183-199

  Gandois, L ^a   Cobb, A R ^a   Hei, I Chieng ^b   Lim, L B L ^b   Salim, K Abu ^b   Harvey, C F ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

DOC; Fluorescence; FT IR; Logging; Nitrogen; Tropical peatland; UV Vis

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DECOMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLUORESCENCE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PEATLAND; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POREWATER; SULFUR; TROPICAL FOREST;

BORNEO; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM;

SHOREA;

EID: 84879221539     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9799-8     Document Type: Article

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