Concentrations and fluxes of biogenic volatile organic compounds above a Mediterranean Macchia ecosystem in western Italy

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1655-1670

  Davison, B ^a   Taipale, R ^b   Langford, B ^a   Misztal, P ^c,d   Fares, S ^e,f   Matteucci, G ^e   Loreto, F ^e   Cape, J N ^c   Rinne, J ^b   Hewitt, C N ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ISOPRENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METHANOL; MIXING RATIO; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CASTELPORZIANO; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO];

EID: 77949630267     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-1655-2009     Document Type: Article

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