Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of dissolved methane in lakes: How accurate are the current estimations of the diffusive flux path?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2779-2784

  Hofmann, Hilmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

dissolved methane; distribution patterns; freshwater lakes; horizontal gradients; littoral zone; methane emissions

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED METHANE; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FRESH WATER LAKES; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; LITTORAL ZONE; METHANE EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; ESTIMATION; LAKES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER;

METHANE;

DISSOLVED GAS; EPILIMNION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879897888     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50453     Document Type: Article

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