Latitudinal trends in organic carbon accumulation in temperate freshwater peatlands

Wastewater Treatment, Plant Dynamics and Management in Constructed and Natural Wetlands

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-31

  Craft, Christopher ^a   Washburn, Chad ^a   Parker, Amanda ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Climate change; Histosol; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955305681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8235-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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