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LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS
Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 384-392Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/lol2.10161
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- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF grant) [200021_160018]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200021_160018] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Here, we investigate the importance of net CH4 production and emissions in the carbon (C) budget of a small productive lake by monitoring CH4, CO2, and O-2 for two consecutive years. During the study period, the lake was mostly a net emitter of both CH4 and CO2, while showing positive net ecosystem production. The analyses suggest that during the whole study period, 32% +/- 26% of C produced by net ecosystem production was ultimately converted to CH4 and emitted to the atmosphere. When converted to global warming potential, CH4 emission (in CO2 equivalents) was about 3-10 times higher than CO2 removal from in-lake net ecosystem production over 100-yr and 20-yr time frames, respectively. Although more work in similar systems is needed to generalize these findings, our results provide evidence of the important greenhouse gas imbalance in human-impacted aquatic systems.
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