Dissolved organic carbon biolability decreases along with its modernization in fluvial networks in an ancient landscape

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2622-2632

  Fellman, Jason B ^a,e   Spencer, Robert G M ^b   Raymond, Peter A ^c   Pettit, Neil E ^a   Skrzypek, Grzegorz ^a   Hernes, Peter J ^d   Grierson, Pauline F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic carbon cycling; Dissolved organic carbon age; Dissolved organic carbon turnover; Metabolism; Radiocarbon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RIVER SYSTEM; SPRING WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84907221450     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 19399170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1360.1     Document Type: Article

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