Inorganic carbon loading as a primary driver of dissolved carbon dioxide concentrations in the lakes and reservoirs of the contiguous United States

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 285-295

  McDonald, Cory P ^a,c   Stets, Edward G ^a   Striegl, Robert G ^a   Butman, David ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC); Net ecosystem productivity (NEP)

Indexed keywords

AIR; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; LAKES; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ACCURATE QUANTIFICATIONS; AIR-WATER; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITIES; ORGANIC CARBON LOADING;

LOADING;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INORGANIC CARBON; LAKE WATER; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; RESERVOIR; SUPERSATURATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881085440     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20032     Document Type: Article

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