Responses of trace gases to hydrologic pulses in desert floodplains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Harms, Tamara K ^a,b   Grimm, Nancy B ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DESERT; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; METHANE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUBSTRATE; TRACE GAS;

EID: 84859143552     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001775     Document Type: Article

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