Large emissions from floodplain trees close the Amazon methane budget

Sunitha R. Pangala (), Alex Enrich-Prast, Luana S. Basso, Roberta Bittencourt Peixoto, David Bastviken, Edward R. C. Hornibrook, Luciana V. Gatti, Humberto Marotta, Luana Silva Braucks Calazans, Cassia Mônica Sakuragui, Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos, Olaf Malm, Emanuel Gloor, John Bharat Miller and Vincent Gauci ()
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Sunitha R. Pangala: School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall
Alex Enrich-Prast: Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping
Luana S. Basso: Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN), Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN), Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, 2242 Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, Cidade Universitaria
Roberta Bittencourt Peixoto: Institute of Biology, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro
David Bastviken: Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping
Edward R. C. Hornibrook: School of Earth Sciences, The University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building
Luciana V. Gatti: Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN), Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN), Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, 2242 Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, Cidade Universitaria
Humberto Marotta: Ecosystems and Global Change Laboratory (LEMG-UFF)/International Laboratory of Global Change (LINCGlobal), Biomass and Water Management Research Center (NAB-UFF), Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Avenido Edmundo March
Luana Silva Braucks Calazans: Institute of Biology, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro
Cassia Mônica Sakuragui: Institute of Biology, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro
Wanderley Rodrigues Bastos: Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Federal University of Rondônia
Olaf Malm: Radioisotopes Laboratory, Biophysics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Emanuel Gloor: School of Geography, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane
John Bharat Miller: Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Vincent Gauci: School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall

Nature, 2017, vol. 552, issue 7684, 230-234

Abstract: Methane fluxes from the stems of Amazonian floodplain trees indicate that the escape of soil gas through wetland trees is the dominant source of methane emissions in the Amazon basin.

Date: 2017
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