Year-round growing conditions explains large CO2 sink strength in a New Zealand raised peat bog

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 192-193, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-68

  Campbell, David I ^a   Smith, Jeff ^a,b   Goodrich, Jordan P ^a   Wall, Aaron M ^a   Schipper, Louis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecosystem respiration; Eddy covariance; Gross primary production; Net ecosystem exchange; Peatland; Water table

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CARBON SINK; DEEP WATER; ECOSYSTEM; EDDY COVARIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PEATLAND; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; VEGETATION; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER TABLE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84897857818     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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