Variation in methane production pathways associated with permafrost decomposition in collapse scar bogs of Alberta, Canada

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Prater, James L ^a   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^a   Whiting, Gary J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; PERMAFROST; WETLANDS;

ACETATE; BOG; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; FERMENTATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; RESPIRATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CAREX; ERIOPHORUM; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 40749105748     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GB002866     Document Type: Article

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