Temperature, oxygen, and vegetation controls on decomposition in a James Bay peatland

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 729-743

  Philben, Michael ^a,b   Holmquist, James ^c   Macdonald, Glen ^c   Duan, Dandan ^a,d   Kaiser, Karl ^a,e   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decomposition; hydroxyproline; oxygen exposure time; peatlands; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; EUKARYOTE; HOLOCENE; MOSS; OXYGEN; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; JAMES BAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN LOWLAND;

SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84947127186     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004989     Document Type: Article

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