On the relationship between water table depth and water vapor and carbon dioxide fluxes in a minerotrophic fen

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1762-1776

  Sonnentag, O ^a   van der Kamp, G ^b   Barr, A G ^b   Chen, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Net ecosystem CO2 exchange; Northern Peatlands; Water table depth; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEN; HYDROGEOLOGY; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PEATLAND; WATER TABLE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

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EID: 77953682371     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02032.x     Document Type: Article

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