Methane and oxygen dynamics in a shallow floodplain lake: The significance of periodic stratification

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 485, Issue , 2002, Pages 97-110

  Ford, Phillip W ^a   Boon, Paul I ^b   Lee, Kerrie ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURRAY DARLING FRESHWATER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Billabong; Floodplain; Greenhouse gas; Oxbow lake; Thermal stratification; Wetland

Indexed keywords

LAKES; METHANE; OXYGEN; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER;

PLANKTONIC METHANOTROPHY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DIEL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LAKE; METHANE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036823128     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021379532665     Document Type: Article

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