Effects of wetting and drying on methane emissions from ephemeral flood plain wetlands in south-eastern Australia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 357, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 73-87

  Boon, Paul I ^a   Mitchell, Alison ^b   Lee, Kerrie ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Greenhouse gas; Sediments; Water regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031578657     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003126601466     Document Type: Article

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