Phosphorus control and dredging decrease methane emissions from shallow lakes

Thomas P.A. Nijman*, Maxime Lemmens, Miquel Lurling, Sarian Kosten, Cornelia Welte, Annelies J. Veraart

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Abstract

Freshwater ecosystems are an important source of the greenhouse gas methane (CH4), and their emissions are expected to increase due to eutrophication. Two commonly applied management techniques to reduce eutrophication are the addition of phosphate-binding lanthanum modified bentonite (LMB, trademark Phoslock

Original languageEnglish
Article number157584
JournalScience of the Total Environment
Volume847
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2022

Keywords

  • Climate change mitigation
  • Freshwater ecosystems
  • Internal nutrient loading
  • Lanthanum-modified bentonite
  • Macrophytes
  • Methanogens

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