Does N2 fixation amplify the temperature dependence of ecosystem metabolism?

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 603-610

  Welter, Jill R ^a   Benstead, Jonathan P ^b   Cross, Wyatt F ^c   Hood, James M ^c   Huryn, Alexander D ^b   Johnson, Philip W ^d   Williamson, Tanner J ^c  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Amplification; Arrhenius; Biofilm; Climate change; Hengladals River, Iceland; Metabolic theory; Nitrogen fixation; Nutrient cycling; Resource supply; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ICELAND;

NITROGEN;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICELAND; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIVER; TEMPERATURE;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; ICELAND; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84929660968     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1667.1.sm     Document Type: Article

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