CO2 fluxes at northern fens and bogs have opposite responses to inter-annual fluctuations in water table

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Sulman, Benjamin N ^a   Desai, Ankur R ^a   Saliendra, Nicanor Z ^b   Lafleur, Peter M ^c   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^d   Sonnentag, Oliver ^e   MacKay, D Scott ^f   Barr, Alan G ^g   Van Der Kamp, Garth ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; EDDY COVARIANCE MEASUREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROSS ECOSYSTEM PHOTOSYNTHESIS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

WETLANDS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOG; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEN; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MOSS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77957696041     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044018     Document Type: Article

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