Evidence for key enzymatic controls on metabolism of Arctic river organic matter

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1089-1100

  Mann, Paul J ^a,b   Sobczak, William V ^c   Larue, Madeleine M ^c   Bulygina, Ekaterina ^a   Davydova, Anna ^d   Vonk, Jorien E ^e,f   Schade, John ^g   Davydov, Sergei ^d   Zimov, Nikita ^d   Holmes, Robert M ^a   Spencer, Robert G M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Brown University College of the Holy Cross   (United States)

^d PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Arctic; Biogeochemistry; Dissolved organic matter; Enzymes; Global change; Organic matter decomposition; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; METABOLISM; PERMAFROST;

KOLYMA BASIN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

CARBON; ENZYME; GLUCOSIDASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATASE; POLYPHENOL;

ARCTIC; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMES; GLUCOSIDASES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POLYPHENOLS; RIVERS; SIBERIA;

EID: 84896719054     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12416     Document Type: Article

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