Open AccessGreat Lakes Hold Sway over Water and Carbon Cycling
Author(s) -
Lily Strelich
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo037667
Subject(s) - cycling , environmental science , carbon fibers , carbon cycle , hydrology (agriculture) , ecology , geography , geology , geotechnical engineering , computer science , forestry , ecosystem , biology , composite number , algorithm
The largest body of fresh water on Earth governs the exchange of gases between water and the atmosphere that makes it a carbon sink for the entire region.