| Literature DB >> 21212349 |
David Bastviken1, Lars J Tranvik, John A Downing, Patrick M Crill, Alex Enrich-Prast.
Abstract
Inland waters (lakes, reservoirs, streams, and rivers) are often substantial methane (CH(4)) sources in the terrestrial landscape. They are, however, not yet well integrated in global greenhouse gas (GHG) budgets. Data from 474 freshwater ecosystems and the most recent global water area estimates indicate that freshwaters emit at least 103 teragrams of CH(4) year(-1), corresponding to 0.65 petagrams of C as carbon dioxide (CO(2)) equivalents year(-1), offsetting 25% of the estimated land carbon sink. Thus, the continental GHG sink may be considerably overestimated, and freshwaters need to be recognized as important in the global carbon cycle.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21212349 DOI: 10.1126/science.1196808
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728