Emissions of carbon dioxide and methane from a headwater stream network of interior Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 482-494

  Crawford, John T ^a,b   Striegl, Robert G ^b   Wickland, Kimberly P ^b   Dornblaser, Mark M ^b   Stanley, Emily H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; carbon dioxide; methane; pCO2; streams; upscaling

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; HEADWATER; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; STREAM CHANNEL; SURFACE AREA;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880118668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20034     Document Type: Article

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