Cold season CO2 emission from arctic soils

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-172

  Oechel, Walter C ^a   Vourlitis, George ^a   Hastings, Steven J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC SOIL; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION; TUNDRA ECOSYSTEM;

USA, ALASKA, NORTH SLOPE;

EID: 0031444330     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GB03035     Document Type: Article

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