In this paper, we selected two coastal lakes (named as Lake
Mochou and Lake Tuanjie, respectively) on Millor Peninsula of east
Antarctica as study areas, and observed CO2 and CH4 fluxes in the
littoral zones of two lakes in the summertime of 2007/2008 during
the 24th Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE-24). The
objectives of this study were (1) to quantify CO2 and CH4 fluxes in
the littoral zones of the two Lakes; (2) to study temporal and spatial
variations of their fluxes, and (3) to investigate the physical environmental
parameters affecting their fluxes.