The effects of water table manipulation and elevated temperature on the net CO2 flux of wet sedge tundra ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-90

  Oechel, Walter C ^a   Vourlitis, George L ^a   Hastings, Steven J ^a   Ault Jr , Richard P ^a   Bryant, Pablo ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic net ecosystem CO2 flux; Carbon dioxide; Ecophysiology; Global change; Hydrology; Tundra; Wet sedge

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE FLUX; GLOBAL CHANGE; TUNDRA; WATER TABLE; WET SEDGE;

ALASKA; PRUDHOE BAY; USA;

EID: 0031917767     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1998.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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