Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a subtropical estuary (the Brisbane River estuary, Australia)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 719-729

  Musenze, Ronald S ^a   Werner, Ursula ^a   Grinham, Alistair ^a   Udy, James ^b   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Healthy Waterways Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic emissions; Estuary; Greenhouse gas; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC SATURATION; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUB-TROPICAL ESTUARY; SUBTROPICAL; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

ESTUARIES;

METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARY; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SATURATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

AQUATIC EMISSIONS; ESTUARY; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SUBTROPICAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; QUEENSLAND; RIVERS;

EID: 84890039338     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.085     Document Type: Article

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