Methane emissions from wetlands in the zone of discontinuous permafrost: Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 485-494

  Liblik, L K ^a   Moore, T R ^a   Bubier, J L ^b   Robinson, S D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE FLUX; PERMAFROST; WETLANDS;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, FORT SIMPSON;

EID: 0031409176     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GB01935     Document Type: Article

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