High methane emissions from thermokarst lakes in subarctic peatlands

Global methane emissions from wetlands, rice paddies, and lakes

Estimating methane emissions from northern lakes using ice- bubble surveys

The magnitude and variability in methane (CH4) emissions from lakes are uncertain due to limitations in methods for quantifying the patchiness of ebullition (bubbling). We present a field method to estimate an important and highly uncertain source: ebullition from northern lakes. We defined four classes of CH4 bubble clusters trapped in lake ice representing distinct types of biogenic ebullitio...

Light-Dependent Aerobic Methane Oxidation Reduces Methane Emissions from Seasonally Stratified Lakes

Lakes are a natural source of methane to the atmosphere and contribute significantly to total emissions compared to the oceans. Controls on methane emissions from lake surfaces, particularly biotic processes within anoxic hypolimnia, are only partially understood. Here we investigated biological methane oxidation in the water column of the seasonally stratified Lake Rotsee. A zone of methane ox...

Predicting variations in methane emissions from boreal peatlands through regression models

1) Peatland Forestry, Department of Forest Ecology, P.O. Box 24, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland 2) Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40351 Jyväskylä, Finland 3) Department of Biology, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111, FIN-80101 Joensuu, Finland 4) Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, National Public Health Institute...

Phototrophs in subarctic thaw lakes

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