Characterization of stable isotope fractionation during methane production in the sediment of a eutrophic lake, Lake Dagow, Germany

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 457-471

  Conrad, Ralf ^a   Claus, Peter ^a   Casper, Peter ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROFORM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FLUORIDE; FRACTIONATION; INCUBATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BRANDENBURG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LAKE DAGOW;

EID: 63549123701     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.2.0457     Document Type: Article

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