The short-term effect of altered water level on carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in a blanket bog

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Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 65-83

  Laine, Anna M ^a   Byrne, Kenneth A ^b   Kiely, Gerard ^c   Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drainage; Ecohydrology; Flooding; Methane; Peatland; Photosynthesis; Racomitrium; Respiration; Rhynchospora alba; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

BLANKET BOG; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; DECOMPOSITION; ECOHYDROLOGY; FLOODING; METHANE; MOSS; ORGANIC MATTER; PEATLAND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SEDGE; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 79251635661     PISSN: 00395471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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