Patterns in CH4 and CO2 concentrations across boreal rivers: Major drivers and implications for fluvial greenhouse emissions under climate change scenarios

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1075-1088

  Campeau, Audrey ^a,b   Del Giorgio, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide (CO2); Climate change; Greenhouse gases (GHG); Methane (CH4); Rivers stream and fluvial networks

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; METABOLISM; METHANE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RIVER WATER; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS; METHANE;

ANALYSIS; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84896711682     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12479     Document Type: Article

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