Ebullitive methane emissions from oxygenated wetland streams

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3408-3422

  Crawford, John T ^a,b   Stanley, Emily H ^b   Spawn, Seth A ^c   Finlay, Jacques C ^d   Loken, Luke C ^a   Striegl, Robert G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Ebullition; Methane; Rivers; Upscaling; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; METHANE;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TIME FACTOR; WETLAND; WISCONSIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84907904013     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12614     Document Type: Article

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