Carbon dioxide supersaturation in the surface waters of lakes

Science

Volumn 265, Issue 5178, 1994, Pages 1568-1570

  Cole, Jonathan J ^a   Caraco, Nina F ^a   Kling, George W ^b   Kratz, Timothy K ^c  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LAKE WATER;

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; LAKE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SUPERSATURATION; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 0028161575     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.265.5178.1568     Document Type: Article

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