Experimental drought alters rates of soil respiration and methanogenesis but not carbon exchange in soil of a temperate fen

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1781-1791

  Knorr, Klaus Holger ^a   Oosterwoud, Marieke R ^a   Blodau, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Ecosystem respiration; Fen; Methanogenesis; NEE; Peatland

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; PEAT; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

CARBON CYCLING; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; PEATLAND;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AUTOTROPHY; CARBON CYCLE; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEN; FLUX MEASUREMENT; METHANOGENESIS; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION;

EID: 41849137694     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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