Annual carbon balance of a managed wetland meadow in the Somerset Levels, UK

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 168-179

  Lloyd, C R ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CO2 fluxes; Ecosystem management; Peat; Somerset Levels; Water table; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; MEADOW; PEATLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; WETLAND;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOMERSET; SOMERSET LEVELS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33747054498     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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