Relationship between ecosystem productivity and photosynthetically active radiation for northern peatlands

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-126

  Frolking, S E ^a   Bubier, J L ^a   Moore, T R ^b   Ball, T ^b   Bellisario, L M ^b   Bhardwaj, A ^b   Carroll, P ^a   Crill, P M ^a   Lafleur, P M ^c   McCaughey, J H ^d   Roulet, N T ^b   Suyker, A E ^e   Verma, S B ^e   Waddington, J M ^f   Whiting, G J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; PAR; PEATLAND; PEATLANDS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031820350     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GB03367     Document Type: Article

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