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  • High contribution of methane in greenhouse gas emissions from a eutrophic lake: a mass balance synthesis

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    Santoso, Arianto B
    Hamilton, David P
    Schipper, Louis A
    Ostrovsky, Ilia S
    Hendy, Chris H
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Hamilton, David P.
    Year published
    2020
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    Lakes are ‘hotspots’ for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). Understanding the processes regulating GHG emissions from lakes, and their temporal variability, is essential for more accurately quantifying the role of lakes in global GHG cycles. In this study, we identified the processes that affect CO2 and CH4 concentrations in a small (0.3 km2) eutrophic monomictic lake (Okaro, New Zealand). A mass balance model was used to calculate changes in CO2 and CH4 storage in the lake as a result of internal cycling and atmospheric fluxes. To support model computations, CO2 and CH4 ...
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    Lakes are ‘hotspots’ for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). Understanding the processes regulating GHG emissions from lakes, and their temporal variability, is essential for more accurately quantifying the role of lakes in global GHG cycles. In this study, we identified the processes that affect CO2 and CH4 concentrations in a small (0.3 km2) eutrophic monomictic lake (Okaro, New Zealand). A mass balance model was used to calculate changes in CO2 and CH4 storage in the lake as a result of internal cycling and atmospheric fluxes. To support model computations, CO2 and CH4 concentrations profiles were measured monthly over a one-year period, in addition to temperature, dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll a. Annually, Lake Okaro acted as a sink of CO2 from the atmosphere (425.4 mmol CO2 m−2 y−1) and a source of CH4 (553.4 mmol CH4 m−2 y−1) equating to a net GHG emission (diffusive fluxes of CO2 and CH4 combined) of 0.22 kg CO2-eq m−2 y−1. Although it may be viewed as conservative and applies only to diffusive fluxes, our study indicates that eutrophic lakes with high rates of primary production may act as a net source of GHGs.
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    Journal Title
    New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2020.1798476
    Copyright Statement
    This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in the New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 06 Aug 2020, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2020.1798476
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    This publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
    Subject
    Earth Sciences
    Environmental Sciences
    Biological Sciences
    Science & Technology
    Life Sciences & Biomedicine
    Physical Sciences
    Fisheries
    Marine & Freshwater Biology
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/397351
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