An open-top chamber for measuring soil respiration and the influence of pressure difference on CO2 efflux measurement

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 319-325

  Fang, C ^a   Moncrieff, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CO2 efflux; Dynamic chamber

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EID: 0031803962     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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