Differentiating the degradation dynamics of algal and terrestrial carbon within complex natural dissolved organic carbon in temperate lakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 963-973

  Guillemette, François ^a   McCallister, S Leigh ^b   Del Giorgio, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

algal; bacteria; carbon consumption; isotopes; lake; terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LAKE DYNAMICS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE WATER; RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84886654447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20077     Document Type: Article

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