Experimental response of peatland carbon dynamics to a water table fluctuation

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-62

  Blodau, Christian ^a,b   Moore, Tim R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Dissolved organic carbon; Methane; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; METHANE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PEATLAND; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

EID: 0037243360     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000270300004     Document Type: Article

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