Stable carbon isotope signatures of methane from a Finnish subarctic wetland

S. Sriskantharajah; R. E. Fisher; D. Lowry; T. Aalto; J. Hatakka; M. Aurela; T. Laurila; A. Lohila; E. Kuitunen; E. G. Nisbet

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18818

Stable carbon isotope signatures of methane from a Finnish subarctic wetland

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: S. Sriskantharajah, R. E. Fisher, D. Lowry, T. Aalto, J. Hatakka, M. Aurela, T. Laurila, A. Lohila, E. Kuitunen and E. G. Nisbet

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.18818 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 18818 - 18818

Submitted on: Aug 27, 2011

Published on: Jan 1, 2012

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

Methane,

carbon isotopes,

Arctic wetland,

Finland,

greenhouse gas

© 2012 S. Sriskantharajah, R. E. Fisher, D. Lowry, T. Aalto, J. Hatakka, M. Aurela, T. Laurila, A. Lohila, E. Kuitunen, E. G. Nisbet, published by Stockholm University Press
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