Belowground in situ redox dynamics and methanogenesis recovery in a degraded fen during dry-wet cycles and flooding

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 421-436

  Estop Aragones C ^a,b   Knorr, K H ^a   Blodau, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPACTION; DECOMPOSITION; DEGASSING; DISSOLVED GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FEN; FLOODING; METHANOGENESIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; POREWATER; REDOX CONDITIONS; REWETTING; WATER TABLE; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 84873837719     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-421-2013     Document Type: Article

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