Processes affecting greenhouse gas production in experimental boreal reservoirs

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 567-577

  Venkiteswaran, Jason J ^a   Schiff, Sherry L ^a   St Louis, Vincent L ^b   Matthews, Cory J D ^b   Boudreau, Natalie M ^a   Joyce, Elizabeth M ^b   Beaty, Kenneth G ^c   Bodaly, R Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide; greenhouse gases; methane; reservoirs

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ISOTOPES; METHANE; OXIDATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BOREAL FORESTS; COMMUNITY RESPIRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG); NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION OF; WATER COLUMNS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; FLOODING; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OXIDATION; RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; WATER MASS;

EID: 84879442744     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20046     Document Type: Article

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