Greenhouse gas production in low-latitude lake sediments responds strongly to warming

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 467-470

  Marotta, H ^a,b   Pinho, L ^b   Gudasz, C ^c,d   Bastviken, D ^e   Tranvik, L J ^c   Enrich Prast, A ^b,e  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AMAZONIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84901619487     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2222     Document Type: Article

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