Biased sampling of methane release from northern lakes: A problem for extrapolation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1256-1262

  Wik, Martin ^a   Thornton, Brett F ^a   Bastviken, David ^b   Uhlbäck, Jo ^c   Crill, Patrick M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diffusion; ebullition; methane; northern lakes; sampling bias; subarctic

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; LAKES;

DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENTS; EBULLITION; EMISSION POTENTIAL; LONG-TERM SAMPLING; SAMPLING BIAS; STRATIFIED SAMPLING; SUBARCTIC; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

METHANE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DATA ACQUISITION; DIFFUSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANE; SAMPLING BIAS; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBARCTIC REGION;

EID: 84961286957     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066501     Document Type: Article

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