A Multi-Year Record of Methane Flux at the Mer Bleue Bog, Southern Canada

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 646-657

  Moore, Tim R ^a   De Young, Allison ^a   Bubier, Jill L ^b   Humphreys, Elyn R ^c   Lafleur, Peter M ^d   Roulet, Nigel T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Castorcanadensis; Eriophorum vaginatum; greenhouse gases; peatlands; water table; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BOG; FEN; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWING SEASON; METHANE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PEATLAND; POND; RODENT; VEGETATION COVER; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

CANADA;

ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM;

EID: 79955877912     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9435-9     Document Type: Article

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