Methane: Importance, sources and sinks

Greenhouse Gas Sinks

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 143-151

  Reay, David S ^a   Smith, Keith A ^a   Hewitt, C Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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