Quantifying carbon dioxide and methane emissions and carbon dynamics from flooded boreal forest soil

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2037-2047

  Oelbermann, Maren ^a   Schiff, Sherry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROELECTRIC GENERATORS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; METHANE; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES; BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON DYNAMICS; FLOODED CONDITIONS; FLOODED SOILS; FOREST SOILS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATIONS; METHANE EMISSIONS; MINERAL HORIZONS; PRODUCTION RATES; SOIL HORIZONS; SOIL ORGANIC C; STABLE ISOTOPES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CARBON DYNAMICS; DECOMPOSITION; FLOODING; FOREST SOIL; FRACTIONATION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LAKE; TAIGA;

CANADA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODS; METHANE; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 57049146248     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0027     Document Type: Article

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