Sediment trapping by dams creates methane emission hot spots

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8130-8137

  Maeck, Andreas ^a   Delsontro, Tonya ^b,i   McGinnis, Daniel F ^c,d,h   Fischer, Helmut ^e   Flury, Sabine ^f,h   Schmidt, Mark ^c   Fietzek, Peer ^c,g   Lorke, Andreas ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

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

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g CONTROS Systems and Solutions GmbH ^*  (Germany)

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

ⁱ ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION RATES; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANE PRODUCTION; METHANE RELEASE; NATURAL WATERS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; SMALL RESERVOIRS;

METHANE; RIVERS; WATER;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

METHANE;

ACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FRESHWATER; HOT SPOT; IMPOUNDMENT; METHANE; ORGANIC CARBON; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MARE; MEASUREMENT; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

EUROPE;

EUROPE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84881463363     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4003907     Document Type: Article

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