CO2 and CH4 emissions from streams in a lake-rich landscape: Patterns, controls, and regional significance

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 197-210

  Crawford, John T ^a,b   Lottig, Noah R ^c   Stanley, Emily H ^a   Walker, John F ^d   Hanson, Paul C ^a   Finlay, Jacques C ^e   Striegl, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Limnology   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN WATER SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide; groundwater; metabolism; methane; streams; upscaling

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; METABOLISM; METHANE; PHYSIOLOGY;

GAS SOURCE STRENGTHS; GAS SUPERSATURATION; GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE; METABOLISM CONTROLS; MULTIPLE DATA SETS; STREAMS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; UPSCALING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GAS TRANSPORT; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; LAKE WATER; METHANE; STREAMWATER; SUPERSATURATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; UPSCALING;

EID: 84895774842     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004661     Document Type: Article

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