The importance of small artificial water bodies as sources of methane emissions in Queensland, Australia

Grinham, Alistair; Albert, Simon; Deering, Nathaniel; Dunbabin, Matthew; Bastviken, David; Sherman, Bradford; Lovelock, Catherine E.; Evans, Christopher D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5281-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5281-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-5281-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 10

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15 Oct 2018

Research article | Highlight paper |

| 15 Oct 2018

The importance of small artificial water bodies as sources of methane emissions in Queensland, Australia

Alistair Grinham, Simon Albert, Nathaniel Deering, Matthew Dunbabin, David Bastviken, Bradford Sherman, Catherine E. Lovelock, and Christopher D. Evans

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RC1: 'Comment on "The importance of small artificial water bodies as sources of methane emissions in Queensland, Australia"', Carluer Nadia, 14 Aug 2018
- AC3: 'Response to reviewer 1', Alistair Grinham, 25 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Comments on: The importance of small artificial water bodies as sources of methane emissions in Queensland, Australia', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Aug 2018
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Alistair Grinham, 25 Sep 2018

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ED: Publish as is (27 Sep 2018) by Marnik Vanclooster

AR by Alistair Grinham on behalf of the Authors (04 Oct 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

Artificial water bodies are a major source of methane and an important contributor to flooded land greenhouse gas emissions. Past studies focussed on large water supply or hydropower reservoirs with small artificial water bodies (ponds) almost completely ignored. This regional study demonstrated ponds accounted for one-third of flooded land surface area and emitted over 1.6 million t CO₂ eq. yr⁻¹ (10 % of land use sector emissions). Ponds should be included in regional GHG inventories.