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Allochthonous organic carbon decreases pelagic energy mobilization in lakes
Author(s) -
Jansson Mats
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.2003.48.4.1711
Subject(s) - heterotroph , pelagic zone , environmental science , total organic carbon , respiration , primary production , carbon cycle , dissolved organic carbon , carbon fibers , primary producers , ecology , oceanography , environmental chemistry , phytoplankton , biology , ecosystem , chemistry , nutrient , geology , bacteria , botany , genetics , materials science , composite number , composite material
Over the past decade, it has been shown that unproductive lakes worldwide are net heterotrophic because bacterial respiration of allochthonous organic carbon (AOC) makes community respiration exceed primary production. Net heterotrophy means that aquatic systems are net sources of