Factors controlling large scale variations in methane emissions from wetlands
(2003) In Geophysical Research Letters 30(7). p.1414-1414- Abstract
- [1] Global wetlands are, at estimate ranging 115-237 Tg CH4/yr, the largest single atmospheric source of the greenhouse gas methane (CH4). We present a dataset on CH4 flux rates totaling 12 measurement years at sites from Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia and Siberia. We find that temperature and microbial substrate availability (expressed as the organic acid concentration in peat water) combined explain almost 100% of the variations in mean annual CH4 emissions. The temperature sensitivity of the CH4 emissions shown suggests a feedback mechanism on climate change that could validate incorporation in further developments of global circulation models.
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- Christensen, Torben LU ; Ekberg, Anna LU ; Ström, Lena LU ; Mastepanov, Mikhail LU ; Panikov, N ; Mats, O ; Svensson, BH ; Nykanen, H ; Martikainen, PJ and Oskarsson, H
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- 2003
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- Geophysical Research Letters
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- 30
- issue
- 7
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- 1414 - 1414
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- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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- wos:000182348600005
- scopus:0141539170
- ISSN
- 1944-8007
- DOI
- 10.1029/2002GL016848
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- English
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