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We give an overview on the status of eddy covariance measurements over lake surfaces with a focus on CO2 fluxes. Inland waters have a significant role in the sequestration, transport, and mineralization of organic carbon (Battin et~al. 2009; Tranvik et~al. 2009). Although inland waters are especially important in lateral transporters of carbon, their direct carbon exchange with the atmosphere, so-called outgassing, has also been recognized to be a significant component in the global carbon budget (Tranvik et~al. 2009; Bastviken et~al. 2011). Lakes also store carbon (C) effectively in their sediments, but for instance in the boreal zone, annual CO2 emissions are 17–43 times higher than the net sedimentation of C (Kortelainen et~al. 2006). In forested catchments, the annual CO2 efflux from lakes has been estimated to be up to 14% of the annual net ecosystem exchange (Hanson et~al. 2004).
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Vesala, T., Eugster, W., Ojala, A. (2012). Eddy Covariance Measurements over Lakes. In: Aubinet, M., Vesala, T., Papale, D. (eds) Eddy Covariance. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2351-1_15
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