Emission of the greenhouse gases nitrous oxide and methane from constructed wetlands in Europe

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2360-2373

  Sovik A K ^a   Augustin, J ^b   Heikkinen, K ^c   Huttunen, J T ^d   Necki, J M ^e   Karjalainen, S M ^c   Klove B ^a,f   Liikanen, A ^d   Mander, U ^g   Puustinen, M ^h   Teiter, S ^g   Wachniew, P ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^c Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^h FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUXES; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER; SURFACE WATERS; WETLANDS;

FREE SURFACE WATER (FSW); GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL (GWP); GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE EMISSIONS;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORWAY; POLAND; POND; SUMMER; WETLAND; WINTER;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEASONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33845292189     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0038     Document Type: Article

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