Methane emissions from Amazonian Rivers and their contribution to the global methane budget

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2829-2840

  Sawakuchi, Henrique O ^a   Bastviken, David ^b   Sawakuchi, André O ^a   Krusche, Alex V ^a   Ballester, Maria V R ^a   Richey, Jeffrey E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ebullition; Greenhouse gas; Methane flux; Natural emission; Tropical rivers

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; RIVER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MADEIRA RIVER; PARA RIVER; PARA [BRAZIL]; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOLIMOES RIVER; TAPAJOS RIVER; XINGU RIVER;

METHANE;

BRAZIL; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SEASON; SEDIMENT;

BRAZIL; CARBON CYCLE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RIVERS; SEASONS;

EID: 84905087359     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12646     Document Type: Article

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