Table 1.
Changes in CO2 effluxes from Chinese inland waters from the 1980s to the 2010s.
| Region | 1980s | 2010s | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivers | Lakes | Reservoirs | Rivers | Lakes | Reservoirs | |
| (Tg C yr−1) | (Tg C yr−1) | (Tg C yr−1) | (Tg C yr−1) | (Tg C yr−1) | (Tg C yr−1) | |
| Greater Pearl | 23.8 (12.7) | 0.2 (0.1) | 0.3 (0.1) | 12.2 (4.6) | 0.1 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.5) |
| Yangtze | 46.0 (24.4) | 2.1 (1.1) | 0.7 (0.3) | 29.9 (15.3) | 1.1 (0.4) | 1.0 (0.3) |
| Huang-Huai-Hai | 15.7 (8.0) | 0.9 (0.2) | 0.5 (0.1) | 9.2 (3.8) | 0.8 (0.4) | 0.8 (0.4) |
| NE China | 16.0 (5.4) | 1.3 (0.2) | 0.5 (0.1) | 11.0 (6.1) | 1.4 (0.3) | 0.6 (0.2) |
| NW China | 11.2 (8.5) | 0.7 (0.2) | 0.1 (0.02) | 4.9 (2.3) | 1.2 (0.5) | 0.4 (0.1) |
| Tibetan Plateau | 15.8 (7.4) | 2.1 (1.0) | 0.03 (0.01) | 18.6 (7.9) | 3.8 (1.1) | 0.07 (0.02) |
| Subtotal | 128.6 (31.3) | 7.3 (1.5) | 2.1 (0.3) | 85.8 (19.4) | 8.4 (1.4) | 3.7 (0.7) |
| Total | 138 (31) | 98(19) | ||||
Numbers in parentheses represent standard deviation.