Overriding control of methane flux temporal variability by water table dynamics in a Southern Hemisphere, raised bog

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 819-831

  Goodrich, J P ^a   Campbell, D I ^a   Roulet, N T ^b   Clearwater, M J ^a   Schipper, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

drought; eddy covariance; methane flux; peatland; water table

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; EDDY COVARIANCE; METHANE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; RAISED BOG; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER TABLE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 85027919414     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002844     Document Type: Article

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