Landscape-scale CO2, H2O vapour and energy flux of moist-wet coastal tundra ecosystems over two growing seasons

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 575-590

  Vourlitis, George L ^a   Oechel, Walter C ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Alaska; Ecophysiology; Eddy covariance; Net ecosystem exchange; Wet sedge tundra

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; TUNDRA ECOSYSTEM; WATER FLUX;

ALASKA; USA;

EID: 0030767369     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960529     Document Type: Article

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