Influence of transient flooding on methane fluxes from subtropical pastures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 965-977

  Chamberlain, Samuel D ^a   Gomez Casanovas, Nuria ^b   Walter, M Todd ^c   Boughton, Elizabeth H ^d   Bernacchi, Carl J ^e   Delucia, Evan H ^b   Groffman, Peter M ^f   Keel, Earl W ^d   Sparks, Jed P ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^d MacArthur Agro Ecology Research Center   (United States)

^e USDA ARS Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

eddy covariance; mesocosm; methane; pastureland; precipitation; subtropical

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLOODING; GLOBAL CHANGE; LABORATORY METHOD; MESOCOSM; METHANE; ORGANIC SOIL; PASTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE FLUX; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84962645045     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JG003283     Document Type: Article

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