Scales and drivers of temporal pCO2 dynamics in an Alpine stream

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1078-1091

  Peter, Hannes ^a   Singer, Gabriel A ^b,c,d   Preiler, Christian ^c   Chifflard, Peter ^e   Steniczka, Gertraud ^c   Battin, Tom J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; hyporheic zone; stream biogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904596965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002552     Document Type: Article

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