The carbon balance of North American wetlands

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 889-916

  Bridgham, Scott D ^a   Megonigal, J Patrick ^b   Keller, Jason K ^b   Bliss, Norman B ^c   Trettin, Carl ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Methane; North America; Plants; Sedimentation; Soil; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE FORCING; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; METHANE; PEAT SOIL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEDIMENTATION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248578514     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[889:TCBONA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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