Transport of oxygen in soil pore-water systems: implications for modeling emissions of carbon dioxide and methane from peatlands

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 455-470

  Fan, Zhaosheng ^a   Neff, Jason C ^b   Waldrop, Mark P ^c   Ballantyne, Ashley P ^d   Turetsky, Merritt R ^e  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Anaerobic; Habitat; Microbial; Model; Oxygen; Warming; Water table

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; PEATLAND; POREWATER; SOIL WATER;

EID: 84911808484     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-0012-0     Document Type: Article

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