Large increase in dissolved inorganic carbon flux from the Mississippi River to Gulf of Mexico due to climatic and anthropogenic changes over the 21st century

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 724-736

  Ren, Wei ^a   Tian, Hanqin ^a   Tao, Bo ^a   Yang, Jia ^a   Pan, Shufen ^a   Cai, Wei Jun ^b   Lohrenz, Steven E ^c   He, Ruoying ^d   Hopkinson, Charles S ^e  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon export; dissolved inorganic carbon; Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model; Gulf of Mexico; Mississippi River basin

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84948408730     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002761     Document Type: Article

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