Internal methane transport through Juncus effusus: Experimental manipulation of morphological barriers to test above- and below-ground diffusion limitation

New Phytologist

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 799-806

  Henneberg, Anders ^a   Sorrell, Brian K ^a   Brix, Hans ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CH4 (methane) emissions; CH4 transport; Diffusion limitation; Experimental manipulation; Greenhouse gases; Juncus effusus (soft rush); Morphological barriers; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

METHANE; METHYLENE BLUE; OXYGEN;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANATOMY; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS TRANSPORT; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROPONICS; LIMITING FACTOR; METHANE; MORPHOLOGY; WETLAND;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIFFUSION; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOSPHERE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; METHANE; METHYLENE BLUE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOLUTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

JUNCUS EFFUSUS; JUNCUS EFFUSUS BRUNNEUS;

EID: 84867405504     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04303.x     Document Type: Article

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