High methane emissions from a littoral zone on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 4995-5000

  Chen, Huai ^a,b,c   Wu, Ning ^b   Yao, Shouping ^b   Gao, Yongheng ^d   Zhu, Dan ^b   Wang, Yanfen ^c   Xiong, Wan ^e   Yuan, Xingzhong ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^e SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine wetland; Greenhouse gases fluxes; Littoral wetlands; Methane budget; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Zoige plateau

Indexed keywords

ALPINE WETLAND; FLUX RATES; GROWING SEASON; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; LITTORAL WETLANDS; LITTORAL ZONE; METHANE EMISSIONS; PHYSICAL FACTORS; PLANT BIOMASS; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STANDING WATER DEPTH; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VULGARIS; ZOIGE PLATEAU;

BIOMASS; BUDGET CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LAKES; METHANE;

WETLANDS;

METHANE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER DEPTH;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CYPERACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE; MEASUREMENT; PLANT; POLYGONUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN; ZOIGE PLATEAU;

CAREX; GLYCERIA MAXIMA; HIPPURIS VULGARIS; KOBRESIA; POLYGONUM AMPHIBIUM;

EID: 69649090231     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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