Methane-limited methanotrophy in tidal freshwater swamps

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 35-1-35-10

  Megonigal, J Patrick ^a   Schlesinger, William H ^b  

^a Smithsonian EnviroResCtr   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forested wetland; Global warming; Methane emissions; Methane oxidation; Methanogenesis; Temperature responses

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOTROPHY; WETLAND;

EID: 0038035365     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001594     Document Type: Article

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