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Widespread methanotrophic primary production in lowland chalk rivers

Methane is oversaturated relative to the atmosphere in many rivers, yet its cycling and fate is poorly understood. While photosynthesis is the dominant source of autotrophic carbon to rivers, chemosynthesis and particularly methane oxidation could provide alternative sources of primary production wh...

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Autores principales: Shelley, Felicity, Grey, Jonathan, Trimmer, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24695425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2854