The importance of ebullition as a mechanism of methane (CH4) loss to the atmosphere in a northern peatland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2087-2090

  Stamp, Imelda ^a,b   Baird, Andy J ^c   Heppell, Catherine M ^b  

^a Queen Mary University of London ^*

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ebullition; methane flux; peatlands; sampling error

Indexed keywords

EBULLITION; FLUX ESTIMATION; METHANE FLUXES; MICROHABITATS; PEAT LAND; SAMPLING ERRORS; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; WATER TABLES;

ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; VAPORS;

WETLANDS;

DATA SET; FLUX MEASUREMENT; METHANE; MICROHABITAT; OXIDATION; PEATLAND; SEDGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER TABLE;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84879915629     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50501     Document Type: Article

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