Estimating methane emissions from northern lakes using icebubble surveys

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 8, Issue NOV, 2010, Pages 592-609

  Anthony, Katey M Walter ^a   Vas, Dragos A ^a   Brosius, Laura ^a   Stuart Chapin, III ^b   Zimov, Sergey A ^c   Zhuang, Qianlai ^d  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Northeast Science Station   (Russian Federation)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649559851     PISSN: 15415856     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2010.8.0592     Document Type: Article

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