Nitrous oxide and methane dynamics in a coral reef lagoon driven by pore water exchange: Insights from automated high-frequency observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2885-2892

  O'Reilly, Chiara ^a   Santos, Isaac R ^a   Cyronak, Tyler ^a   McMahon, Ashly ^a   Maher, Damien T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

coral reef; methane; nitrous oxide; radon; submarine groundwater discharge

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GAS DYNAMICS; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIC SEDIMENTS; RADON; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER;

CAVITY RING DOWN SPECTROSCOPIES; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; CORAL REEF; GROUNDWATER EXCHANGES; NITRIFICATION-DENITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PORE WATER EXCHANGE; SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE;

REEFS;

CORAL REEF; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAGOON; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIC SEDIMENT; POREWATER; WATER EXCHANGE;

ANTHOZOA; AVES;

EID: 84929502345     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063126     Document Type: Article

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