Wetlands, carbon, and climate change

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 583-597

  Mitsch, William J ^a,d   Bernal, Blanca ^a   Nahlik, Amanda M ^a,b   Mander, Ülo ^c   Zhang, Li ^a,d   Anderson, Christopher J ^a,e   Jørgensen, Sven E ^f   Brix, Hans ^g  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon sequestration; Global carbon budget; Marsh; Methane; Methanogenesis; Peatland; Swamp

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATIC REGION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDSCAPE; MARSH; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; PEATLAND; RADIATIVE FORCING; SWAMP; WETLAND;

EID: 84876078132     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9758-8     Document Type: Article

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