Methane emissions from tropical freshwater wetlands located in different climatic zones of Costa Rica

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1321-1334

  Nahlik, Amanda M ^a   Mitsch, William J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Climate change; Methane emissions; Tropical seasons; Tropical wetlands

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FLOODING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; RAINFOREST; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 79251639903     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02190.x     Document Type: Article

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