Global CO2 emissions from dry inland waters share common drivers across ecosystems

Many inland waters seasonally or permanently dry up, thus exposing sediments to the atmosphere. Here the authors show that a substantial amount of CO2 is emitted from these dry sediments, increasing current inland water carbon flux estimates by 6%.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: P. S. Keller, N. Catalán, D. von Schiller, H.-P. Grossart, M. Koschorreck, B. Obrador, M. A. Frassl, N. Karakaya, N. Barros, J. A. Howitt, C. Mendoza-Lera, A. Pastor, G. Flaim, R. Aben, T. Riis, M. I. Arce, G. Onandia, J. R. Paranaíba, A. Linkhorst, R. del Campo, A. M. Amado, S. Cauvy-Fraunié, S. Brothers, J. Condon, R. F. Mendonça, F. Reverey, E.-I. Rõõm, T. Datry, F. Roland, A. Laas, U. Obertegger, J.-H. Park, H. Wang, S. Kosten, R. Gómez, C. Feijoó, A. Elosegi, M. M. Sánchez-Montoya, C. M. Finlayson, M. Melita, E. S. Oliveira Junior, C. C. Muniz, L. Gómez-Gener, C. Leigh, Q. Zhang, R. Marcé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15929-y