On the relative roles of hydrology, salinity, temperature, and root productivity in controlling soil respiration from coastal swamps (freshwater)

Plant and Soil

Volumn 358, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 265-274

  Krauss, Ken W ^a   Whitbeck, Julie L ^b,c   Howard, Rebecca J ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of New Orleans   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Flooding; Greenhouse gas emissions; Mesocosm; Swamp forest; Tidal treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; FLOODING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGY; MESOCOSM; PHYTOMASS; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SWAMP FOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WETLAND;

GEORGIA; SAVANNAH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865702303     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1182-y     Document Type: Article

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