Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Thermal sensitivity of CO2 and CH4 emissions varies with streambed sediment properties

  • Sophie A. Comer-Warner,
  • Paul Romeijn,
  • Daren C. Gooddy,
  • Sami Ullah,
  • Nicholas Kettridge,
  • Benjamin Marchant,
  • David M. Hannah,
  • Stefan Krause

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04756-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Rivers and streams are important sources of carbon dioxide and methane; however, the drivers of these streambed gas fluxes are poorly understood. Here, the authors show that temperature sensitivity of streambed greenhouse gas emissions varies with substrate, organic matter content and geological origin.