High methane emissions from a midlatitude reservoir draining an agricultural watershed

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11100-11108

  Beaulieu, Jake J ^a   Smolenski, Rebecca L ^a,b,c   Nietch, Christopher T ^a   Townsend Small, Amy ^b   Elovitz, Michael S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL ZONES; METHANE; RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL RESERVOIRS; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; CARBON MINERALIZATION; EMISSION RATES; INITIAL HYPOTHESIS; METHANE EMISSIONS; RIVER DELTAS; TRANSITION ZONES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; HOT SPOT; METHANE; MINERALIZATION; RESERVOIR; TRANSITION ZONE; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON MINERALIZATION; LAKE; MEASUREMENT; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SUMMER; TURNOVER TIME; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; AGRICULTURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER SUPPLY;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAKES; METHANE; OHIO; RIVERS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84907919332     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501871g     Document Type: Article

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