Methyl halide and methane fluxes in the northern Alaskan coastal tundra

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Rhew, Robert C ^a   Teh, Yit Arn ^a   Abel, Triffid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON SINK; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; METHANE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SOIL MOISTURE; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548303438     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000314     Document Type: Article

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