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. 2025 Sep 3;13:e19929. doi: 10.7717/peerj.19929

Table 3. Greenhouse gases diffusive fluxes at the air-water interface of rivers around the world.

Location River/Reservoir Immediate Downstream (year of measurement) Dissolved surface GHGs (µmol L−1) Diffusive flux (mmol m−2 d−1) References
CH4 CO2 CH4 CO2
Switzerland Wohlen Reservoir (2013) 0.1–1.3 0.13–3.0 DelSontro et al. (2016a)
Scotland River Tay (2010) 0.1–1.0 12–58 Harley (2013)
China Tianjin River (2015) 1.4 ± 1.2 38 ± 8.6 1.7 ± 1.6 20 ± 10 Hu et al. (2018)
Brazil Kariba Dam (2013) <0.1 106 Teodoru et al. (2015)
Itezhi Tezhi Dam (2013) <0.1 42 1.2 13
Cabora Bassa Dam (2013) 34
Petit-Saut Reservoir (2003) 2.5 ± 2.6 108 ± 63 59 1,003 Abril et al. (2005)
Petit-Saut Reservoir (2005) 48 311 84 ± 38 802 ± 364 Guérin et al. (2006)
Samuel Reservoir (2004) 40 337 12 ± 13 1,494 ± 963
Balbina Reservoir (2004) 77 ± 7 203 ± 27 114 ± 66 412 ± 95
Balbina Reservoir (2005) 0.4-140 105.4 Kemenes, Forsberg & Melack (2007)
Balbina Reservoir (2006) 161 109 Kemenes, Forsberg & Melack (2011)
(0.5–287)
Indonesia Batanghari River (2009) 98 ± 0.7 20 ± 18 Wit et al. (2015)
Indragiri River (2013) 236 ± 22 232 ± 61
Siak River (2013) 350 ± 22 320 ± 61
Malaysia Maludam River (2014) 319 ± 37 289 ± 155 Müller et al. (2015)
Maludam River (2015) 343 ± 6 125 ± 136
Terengganu River (2018) 9.1 92 0.8 14 This study, median
0.3–65 15–445 0.06–20 0.7–136 range