Hydrology-driven ecosystem respiration determines the carbon balance of a boreal peatland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 675-682

  Gažovič, Michal ^a   Forbrich, Inke ^a,c   Jager, Daniel F ^a   Kutzbach, Lars ^b   Wille, Christian ^b   Wilmking, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Eddy covariance; Inter annual variations

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM RESPIRATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITIES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; WETLANDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EDDY COVARIANCE; HYDROLOGY; METHANE; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PEATLAND; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; BOREAL PEATLAND; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FINLAND; HYDROLOGY; PEATLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL RESPIRATION; WATER TABLE;

CARBON CYCLING; EDDY COVARIANCE; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS;

CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER; WEATHER;

FINLAND;

EID: 84880373309     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.077     Document Type: Article

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