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Methane fluxes in wetland and forest soils, beaver ponds, and low-order streams of a temperate forest ecosystemThis study was conducted to determine whether temperate wetlands and forests play important roles in the global balances of atmospheric methane. Flux measurements for methane in several different wetland, forest, and open-water (e.g., beaver pond and low-order stream) sites were determined using collection chambers placed over the soil- or water-air interface. All of the sites were located in the Appalachian Mountain region of West Virginia and western Maryland. Between June 1987 and April 1989 the wetland sites acted as small sources of atmospheric methane, with emission rates for methane usually lower than 200 mg CH4/sq m per day; consumption of atmospheric methane in the wetland soils was observed frequently.
Document ID
19910036145
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Yavitt, J. B.
(Cornell University Ithaca, NY, United States)
Lang, G. E.
(Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Sexstone, A. J.
(West Virginia University Morgantown, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
December 20, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
91A20768
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF BSR-85-16700
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-842
Distribution Limits
Public
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