Production and emission of CO2 in two unproductive lakes in northern Sweden

• Main Author: Åberg, Jan
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap 2009
• Subjects: lake; carbon dioxide; organic carbon; inorganic carbon; boreal; arctic; DOC; DIC; CO2; emission; thermal stratification; allochthonous organic carbon; Ecology; Ekologi; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Arctic; Circle Lake; Merasjärvi; Climate change; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-26967

Unproductive lakes are one of few natural landscape compartments with net release of carbon to the atmosphere. Lakes also generally decrease the net terrestrial carbon uptake, since most of the CO2 production in unproductive lakes are derived from organic carbon produced on land (e.g. in forests). H...