Spatial variation of sediment mineralization supports differential CO2 emissions from a tropical hydroelectric reservoir

Substantial amounts of organic matter (OM) from terrestrial ecosystems are buried as sediments in inland waters. It is still unclear to what extent this OM constitutes a sink of carbon, and how much of it is returned to the atmosphere upon mineralization to carbon dioxide (CO2). The construction of...

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Main Authors: Simone Jaqueline Cardoso, Luciana Oliveira Vidal, Raquel Fernandes Mendonça, Lars J Tranvik, Sebastian eSobek, Fabio eRoland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00101/full