Zero methane emission bogs: Extreme rhizosphere oxygenation by cushion plants in Patagonia

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 398-408

  Fritz, Christian ^a,b   Pancotto, Veronica A ^c   Elzenga, Josephus T M ^b   Visser, Eric J W ^a   Grootjans, Ab P ^b   Pol, Arjan ^a   Iturraspe, Rodolfo ^d   Roelofs, Jan G M ^a   Smolders, Alfons J P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^d Dirección de Recursos Hídricos Gobierno de Tierra del Fuego   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cushion plant; Methane; Nutrient; Patagonia; Rhizosphere oxygenation; Root; Sphagnum; Wetland

Indexed keywords

METHANE; OXYGEN; WATER;

BOG; DIFFUSION; LEAF LITTER; METHANE; MODEL VALIDATION; MOSS; OXYGEN; RHIZOSPHERE; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; WETLAND;

ARGENTINA; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WETLANDS;

PATAGONIA;

ASTELIA PUMILA; BRYOPHYTA; DONATIA FASCICULARIS; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79953043022     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03604.x     Document Type: Article

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