Carbon Sequestration in a Large Hydroelectric Reservoir: An Integrative Seismic Approach

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 430-441

  Mendonça, Raquel ^a,b   Kosten, Sarian ^b,c,d   Sobek, Sebastian ^e   Cole, Jonathan J ^f   Bastos, Alex C ^g   Albuquerque, Ana Luiza ^h   Cardoso, Simone J ^a   Roland, Fábio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^h FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; hydroelectric reservoir; organic carbon burial; sedimentation; seismic survey; tropical ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84896397679     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9735-3     Document Type: Article

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