Shifting environmental controls on CH4 fluxes in a sub-boreal peatland

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7971-7981

  Pypker, T G ^a,b   Moore, P A ^c   Waddington, J M ^c   Hribljan, J A ^a   Chimner, R C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY COVARIANCE; FEN; METHANE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PEATLAND; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890282731     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-7971-2013     Document Type: Article

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