Open Top Chambers and Infrared Lamps: A Comparison of Heating Efficacy and CO2/CH4 Dynamics in a Northern Michigan Peatland

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 736-748

  Johnson, C P ^a,b   Pypker, T G ^a   Hribljan, J A ^a   Chimner, R A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

ecosystem; gas flux; Great Lakes States; micrometeorology; microtopography; poor fen; temperature; warming

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FEN; GAS TRANSPORT; HEATING; METHANE; MICROMETEOROLOGY; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PEATLAND;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880311155     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9646-3     Document Type: Article

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