Sources and sinks of methane in Lake Baikal: A synthesis of measurements and modeling

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1824-1837

  Schmid, M ^a   De Batist, M ^b   Granin, N G ^c   Kapitanov, V A ^d   McGinnis, D F ^a   Mizandrontsev, I B ^c   Obzhirov, A I ^e   Wuest A ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

^e IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON BUDGET; METHANE; MUD VOLCANO; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WATER COLUMN;

BURYATIA; EURASIA; LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELENGA DELTA;

EID: 35348969869     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.1824     Document Type: Article

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