Controls on greenhouse gas concentrations in polymictic headwater lakes in Ireland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 410-411, Issue , 2011, Pages 217-225

  Whitfield, Colin J ^a,b   Aherne, Julian ^a   Baulch, Helen M ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon Dioxide; Catchments; Emissions; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Surface waters

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; DISSOLVED GAS CONCENTRATIONS; FOREST AND GRASSLAND; FRESH WATER LAKES; GAS CONCENTRATION; GAS FLUX; HEAD WATERS; HIGH ORGANIC; IRELAND; LAND COVER; NITROUS OXIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANESTHETICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; DEUTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SUPERSATURATION;

LAKES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; LAKE WATER; METHANE;

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED GAS; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGY; LAKE WATER; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SUPERSATURATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; GAS EXCHANGE; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROLOGY; IRELAND; PRECIPITATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IRELAND; LAKES; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS;

IRELAND;

EID: 80655133065     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.045     Document Type: Article

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