Climate-forced changes in available energy and methane bubbling from subarctic lakes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1936-1942

  Thornton, Brett F ^a   Wik, Martin ^a   Crill, Patrick M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abisko; lakes; methane; shortwave; Stordalen; subarctic

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; ICE CONTROL; METHANE;

ABISKO; AVAILABLE ENERGY; METHANE EBULLITION; NORTHERN SWEDEN; SHORTWAVE; STORDALEN; STRONG CORRELATION; SUBARCTIC;

LAKES;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METHANE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SUBARCTIC REGION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84927704466     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063189     Document Type: Article

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