Response of peatland carbon dioxide and methane fluxes to a water table drawdown experiment

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Strack, M ^a,b   Waddington, J M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; SOILS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PEATLAND; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE;

EID: 34249737552     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GB002715     Document Type: Article

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