Methane formation and future extraction in Lake Kivu

Lake Kivu: Limnology and Biogeochemistry of a Tropical Great Lake

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 165-180

  Wüest, Alfred ^a,b   Jarc, Lucas ^a,b   Bürgmann, Helmut ^a   Pasche, Natacha ^a,b,c   Schmid, Martin ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Lake Kivu Monitoring Program   (Rwanda)

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EID: 84905008158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4243-7_10     Document Type: Chapter

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