Representative regional sampling of carbon dioxide and methane concentrations in hemiboreal headwater streams reveal underestimates in less systematic approaches

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 465-479

  Wallin, Marcus B ^a   Löfgren, Stefan ^b   Erlandsson, Martin ^c   Bishop, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boreal; carbon cycling; greenhouse gases; representative sampling; streams; water air exchange

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CATCHMENTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PH;

BOREAL; CARBON CYCLING; LARGE SCALE DATA SETS; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING; REPRESENTATIVE SELECTION; STREAMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALKALINITY; BASEFLOW; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GREENHOUSE GAS; HEADWATER; SAMPLING; STREAMWATER; SUPERSATURATION; WATER QUALITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84898637394     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GB004715     Document Type: Article

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