Methane sources and sinks in Lake Kivu

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Pasche, Natacha ^a,b,c   Schmid, Martin ^a   Vazquez, Francisco ^a   Schubert, Carsten J ^a   Wüest, Alfred ^a,b   Kessler, John D ^d   Pack, Mary A ^e   Reeburgh, William S ^e   Bürgmann, Helmut ^a  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Lake Kivu Monitoring Program Ministry of Infrastructure   (Rwanda)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FISH; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOGENIC SOURCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAKE POLLUTION; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SULFATE;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE KIVU;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960905147     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001690     Document Type: Article

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