A comparison of annual and seasonal carbon dioxide effluxes between sub-Arctic Sweden and High-Arctic Svalbard

Polar Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-84

  Björkman, Mats P ^a   Morgner, Elke ^b,c   Björk, Robert G ^d   Cooper, Elisabeth J ^b   Elberling, Bo ^c,e   Klemedtsson, Leif ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Carbon dioxide; Snow; Soil respiration; Tundra; Winter

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIFFUSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SNOW; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TRACE GAS; TUNDRA; VEGETATION TYPE; WINTER;

ADVENTDALEN; ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; SWEDEN;

EID: 77955205135     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2010.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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