High methane emissions dominated annual greenhouse gas balances 30 years after bog rewetting

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4361-4371

  Vanselow Algan, M ^a   Schmidt, S R ^a   Greven, M ^a   Fiencke, C ^a   Kutzbach, L ^a   Pfeiffer, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOG; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; METHANE; REWETTING; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE;

EUROPE;

MOLINIA CAERULEA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84938385987     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-4361-2015     Document Type: Article

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