Greenhouse gas emissions from reservoir water surfaces: A new global synthesis

BioScience

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 949-964

  Deemer, Bridget R ^a   Harrison, John A ^a   Li, Siyue ^b   Beaulieu, Jake J ^c   Delsontro, Tonya ^d,e   Barros, Nathan ^f   Bezerra Neto, José F ^g   Powers, Stephen M ^h   Dos Santos, Marco A ⁱ   Vonk, J Arie ^j  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^h WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Ebullition; Eutrophication; Greenhouse gas; Methane; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014852814     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biw117     Document Type: Review

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