Soil greenhouse gas fluxes during wetland forest retreat along the lower savannah river, Georgia (USA)

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-81

  Krauss, Ken W ^a,c   Whitbeck, Julie L ^b  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Respiration; Tidal freshwater forested wetlands

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROUS OXIDE; PERIODICITY; RESPIRATION; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SWAMP; WETLAND;

GEORGIA; SAVANNAH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863727772     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0246-8     Document Type: Article

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