The greenhouse gas flux and potential global warming feedbacks of a northern macrotidal and microtidal salt marsh

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Chmura, Gail L ^a   Kellman, Lisa ^b   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Radiative forcing; Tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; C SEQUESTRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS FLUXES; GROWING SEASON; NITROUS OXIDE; RADIATIVE BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; TIDAL MARSHES;

WETLANDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DRAINAGE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWING SEASON; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIATIVE FORCING; SALTMARSH;

EID: 84867915966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/044016     Document Type: Article

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