Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-147-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-147-2015
Research article
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09 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 09 Jan 2015

The effects of river inflow and retention time on the spatial heterogeneity of chlorophyll and water–air CO2 fluxes in a tropical hydropower reservoir

F. S. Pacheco, M. C. S. Soares, A. T. Assireu, M. P. Curtarelli, F. Roland, G. Abril, J. L. Stech, P. C. Alvalá, and J. P. Ometto

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RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (13 Nov 2014)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (01 Dec 2014) by Tom J. Battin
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Short summary
CO2 fluxes in Funil Reservoir (FR) is driven by primary production and river inflow dynamics. Our findings suggest that the lack of spatial data in reservoir C budget calculations can affect regional and global estimates. Our results support the idea that the FR is a dynamic system where the hydrodynamics represented by changes in the river inflow and retention time are potentially a more important force driving both the Chl and pCO2 spatial variability than the in-system ecological factors.
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