Carbon release from boreal peatland open water pools: Implication for the contemporary C exchange

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 207-222

  Pelletier, Luc ^a,b   Strachan, Ian B ^a   Garneau, Michelle ^b   Roulet, Nigel T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbon Dioxide; Methane; Peatland; Pools

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; EDDY COVARIANCE; METHANE; OPEN WATER; PEATLAND;

EID: 84898852928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002423     Document Type: Article

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