Vegetation controls methane emissions in a coastal brackish fen

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 323-337

  Koebsch, Franziska ^a   Glatzel, Stephan ^a   Jurasinski, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bolboschoenus maritimus; Closed chamber measurements; Coastal peatlands; Greenhouse gas emissions; Peatland restoration; Rewetting

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; DECOMPOSITION; FEN; GREENHOUSE GAS; LITTER; METABOLISM; METHANOGENESIS; PEAT; PEATLAND; REWETTING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER LEVEL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GERMANY;

BOLBOSCHOENUS MARITIMUS; CAREX ACUTIFORMIS; PALLA; SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI;

EID: 84884817546     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-013-9304-8     Document Type: Article

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