Total waterborne carbon export and DOC composition from ten nested subarctic peatland catchments-importance of peatland cover, groundwater influence, and inter-annual variability of precipitation patterns

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2280-2294

  Olefeldt, David ^a,b   Roulet, Nigel ^a   Giesler, Reiner ^c   Persson, Andreas ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discontinuous permafrost; Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC); Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Groundwater; Peatlands; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUOUS PERMAFROST; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT LAND; SUBARCTIC;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; RUNOFF; WETLANDS;

CATCHMENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FLUX; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAM;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84880252979     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9358     Document Type: Article

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