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Drought conditions disrupt atmospheric carbon uptake in a Mediterranean saline lake
Ihab Alfadhel
Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Instituto del Agua, Granada, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Ignacio Peralta-Maraver
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Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Research Unit Modeling Nature (MNat), Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Isabel Reche
Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Instituto del Agua, Granada, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Research Unit Modeling Nature (MNat), Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Enrique P. Sánchez-Cañete
Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra en Andalucía (IISTA), Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Sergio Aranda-Barranco
Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra en Andalucía (IISTA), Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Eva Rodríguez-Velasco
Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Instituto del Agua, Granada, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Research Unit Modeling Nature (MNat), Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Andrew S. Kowalski
Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra en Andalucía (IISTA), Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Penélope Serrano-Ortiz
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Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación del Sistema Tierra en Andalucía (IISTA), Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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Inland saline lakes are crucial in the global carbon cycle, but increased droughts may alter their carbon exchange capacity. We measured CO2 and CH4 fluxes in a Mediterranean saline lake using the eddy covariance method under dry and wet conditions. We found the lake acts as a carbon sink during wet periods but not during droughts. These results highlight the importance of saline lakes in carbon sequestration and their vulnerability to climate-change-induced droughts.
Inland saline lakes are crucial in the global carbon cycle, but increased droughts may alter...
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