Methane emission from natural wetlands: Interplay between emergent macrophytes and soil microbial processes. A mini-review

Annals of Botany

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-153

  Laanbroek, Hendrikus J ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emergent macrophytes; Iron cycling; Methane emission; Methane oxidation; Nitrogen cycling; Sulfur cycling; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; IRON; METHANE; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ADAPTATION; AMMONIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRON; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; INHIBITION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; IRON; MACROPHYTE; MARSH; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR; WATERLOGGING;

CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT; REVIEW; WETLAND;

ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; IRON; METHANE; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SULFUR; WETLANDS;

EID: 73149099698     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp201     Document Type: Review

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