Evidence for a link between climate and northern wetland methane emissions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D3, 2000, Pages 4031-4038

  Worthy, Douglas E J ^a   Levin, Ingeborg ^b   Hopper, Fred ^a   Ernst, Michele K ^a   Trivett, Neil B A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; METHANE; WETLAND;

EID: 0033793034     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD901100     Document Type: Article

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