The Role of Rivers in the Regional Carbon Balance

Amazonia and Global Change

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 489-504

  Richey, Jeffrey E ^a   Krusche, Alex V ^b   Johnson, Mark S ^c   Da Cunha, Hillandia B ^d   Ballester, Maria V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Centro de Energia Nuclear   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon River Region Climate; Biosphere Research Amazon River Region; Climatic changes Amazon River Region; Rain forest ecology Amazon River Region

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERICS; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC CARBON;

AMAZON RIVER; CLEAR-WATER CONDITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; LARGE-SCALE BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE EXPERIMENTS; ORGANIC MATTER SOURCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

RIVERS;

EID: 84951283379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GM000876     Document Type: Chapter

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