A pan-Arctic synthesis of CH4 and CO2 production from anoxic soil incubations

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2787-2803

  Treat, Claire C ^a,m   Natali, Susan M ^b   Ernakovich, Jessica ^c,n   Iversen, Colleen M ^d   Lupascu, Massimo ^e   Mcguire, Anthony David ^f   Norby, Richard J ^d   Roy Chowdhury, Taniya ^d   Richter, Andreas ^g,h   Šantrůčková, Hana ⁱ   Schädel, Christina ^j,o   Schuur, Edward A G ^j,o   Sloan, Victoria L ^d   Turetsky, Merritt R ^k   Waldrop, Mark P ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h Austrian Polar Research Institute   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^l U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^m University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

ⁿ CSIRO   (Australia)

^o NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Anaerobic incubation; Arctic; Boreal; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Methane; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; METHANE; PERMAFROST; THAWING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84931009603     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12875     Document Type: Article

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