Methane stable isotopic distributions as indicators of gas transport mechanisms in emergent aquatic plants

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 227-236

  Chanton, Jeffrey P ^a   Whiting, Gary J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas transport; Methane; Stable isotope distribution

Indexed keywords

TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0030198709     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(96)01047-9     Document Type: Article

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