Large fluxes and rapid turnover of mineral-associated carbon across topographic gradients in a humid tropical forest: Insights from paired 14C analysis

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2471-2487

  Hall, S J ^a,b   McNicol, G ^a   Natake, T ^a   Silver, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; IRON; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TYPE; STABILIZATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TROPICAL FOREST; TURNOVER;

LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84928716599     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-2471-2015     Document Type: Article

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