Whole-stream 13C tracer addition reveals distinct fates of newly fixed carbon

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 403-416

  Hotchkiss, Erin R ^b   Hall, Robert O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

13C tracer; Autochthonous; C cycling; Doc exudation; Ecosystem metabolism; Residence time; Stable isotopes; Streams

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; RESIDENCE TIME; STREAM; TRACER;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ALGAE;

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES;

CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WYOMING;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WYOMING;

EID: 84927939675     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0631.1     Document Type: Article

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