Effects of experimental water table and temperature manipulations on ecosystem CO2 fluxes in an Alaskan rich fen

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1329-1342

  Chivers, M R ^a   Turetsky, M R ^b   Waddington, J M ^c   Harden, J W ^d   McGuire, A D ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Boreal; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Drought; Flooding; Peatland; Warming; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEN; FLOODING; MONITORING; PEATLAND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SOIL CARBON; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949774730     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9292-y     Document Type: Article

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