Paradox reconsidered: Methane oversaturation in well-oxygenated lake waters

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 275-284

  Tang, Kam W ^a,b   McGinnis, Daniel F ^c,d   Frindte, Katharina ^d   Brüchert, Volker ^e   Grossart, Hans Peter ^d,f  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INCUBATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE WATER; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SATURATION; THERMOCLINE; WATER COLUMN;

BRANDENBURG [GERMANY]; GERMANY; STECHLINSEE;

EID: 84892735977     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.1.0275     Document Type: Article

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