@article{9171423e55c6463fb3c6a9313fd3caca,
title = "Greenhouse gas emissions from African lakes are no longer a blind spot",
abstract = "Natural lakes are thought to be globally important sources of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, and N2O) to the atmosphere although nearly no data have been previously reported from Africa. We collected CO2, CH4, and N2O data in 24 African lakes that accounted for 49% of total lacustrine surface area of the African continent and covered a wide range of morphology and productivity. The surface water concentrations of dissolved CO2 were much lower than values attributed in current literature to tropical lakes and lower than in boreal systems because of a higher productivity. In contrast, surface water–dissolved CH4 concentrations were generally higher than in boreal systems. The lowest CO2 and the highest CH4 concentrations were observed in the more shallow and productive lakes. Emissions of CO2 may likely have been substantially overestimated by a factor between 9 and 18 in African lakes and between 6 and 26 in pan-tropical lakes.",
author = "Borges, {Alberto V.} and Loris Deirmendjian and Steven Bouillon and William Okello and Thibault Lambert and Roland, {Fleur A.E.} and Razanamahandry, {Vao F.} and Voarintsoa, {Ny Riavo G.} and Kimirei, {Ismael A.} and Allen, {George H.} and C{\'e}dric Morana",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to crews of RV Hammerkop and the Maman Benita for support during the sampling expeditions in Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika; to C. M. Balagizi for help during the sampling of the Masisi lakes; to the team from the Institut Sup{\'e}rieur P{\'e}dagogique Bukavu for help during the sampling in Lake Kivu; to the Katwe marine police officers, A. Nankabirwa and E. Nabafu for help during sampling in Lakes Edward and George; to M.-V. Commarieu, B. Leporcq, Z. Kelemen, and T. Bousmanne for analytical support; to TCarta for the GIS of Lake Tanganyika bathymetry; and to four anonymous reviewers for comments on the initial submission. L.D., C.M., and F.A.E.R. are postdoctoral researchers at the FNRS, and A.V.B. is a Research Director at the FNRS.This work was supported by Belgian Federal Science Policy Office grant SD/AR/02A, Belgian Federal Science Policy Office grant BR/154/A1/HIPE, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique grant 2.4.598.07, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique grant 2.4.515.11, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique grant T.0246.13, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique grant J.0009.15, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique grant U.N024.17, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique grant T.0156.18, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique grant J.0013.19, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique grant T.0027.20, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique grant J.0015.21, EU Marie Sk{\l}odowska Curie Fellowship grant H2020-MSCAIF-2017 no. 796707, KU Leuven Special Research Fund, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Fonds Agathon de Potter, and Fonds L{\'e}opold III pour l{\textquoteright}Exploration et la Conservation de la Nature. Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved",
year = "2022",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1126/sciadv.abi8716",
language = "English",
volume = "8",
journal = "Science Advances",
issn = "2375-2548",
publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",
number = "25",
}