Greenhouse Gas Fluxes Vary Between Phragmites Australis and Native Vegetation Zones in Coastal Wetlands Along a Salinity Gradient

Wetlands

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1021-1031

  Martin, Rose M ^a   Moseman Valtierra, Serena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Coastal marsh; Methane; Phragmites; Spartina

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COASTAL WETLAND; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARSH; METHANE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA;

EID: 84948571524     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-015-0690-y     Document Type: Article

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