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    Micrometeorological measurement of methane flux above a tropical peat swamp forest
    (Elsevier, 2018) Guan Xhuan Wong; Ryuichi Hirata; Takashi Hirano; Frankie Kiewa; Edward Baran Aeries; Kevin Kemudang Musin; Joseph Wenceslaus Waili; Kim San Lo; Lulie Melling
    Owing to the huge soil carbon stock and high groundwater level (GWL), tropical peatlands potentially represent a significant source of methane (CH4) to the atmosphere. However, a few studies of CH4 flux by the soil chamber technique have reported that annual CH4 emissions from tropical peat swamp forest were very low as compared to mid- and high-latitude peatlands. Recently, it has been reported that some tree species growing in peat swamp forest emit CH4 from their stems. It is impossible to continuously measure ecosystem-scale CH4 flux including both soil and plant-mediated CH4 emissions by the chamber technique. Thus, we have measured net ecosystem CH4 exchange (FCH4) above a tropical peat swamp forest in Sarawak, Malaysia using the eddy covariance technique from February 2014 to July 2015 (18 months).