Impacts of the C4 sedge Cyperus papyrus L. on carbon and water fluxes in an African wetland

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 488, Issue , 2002, Pages 107-113

  Jones, M B ^a   Humphries, S W ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; C4 photosynthesis; Carbon balance; Cyperus papyrus L.; Evapotranspiration; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EDDY COVARIANCE;

WETLANDS;

C4 PLANT; CARBON BALANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REEDBED;

KENYA;

CYPERUS; CYPERUS PAPYRUS;

EID: 0037501229     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023370329097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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