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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Emission rates of hydrogen and methane normalized to individual termite weight

From: Evaluation of the concentrations of hydrogen and methane emitted by termite using a semiconductor gas sensor

Termite species

Emission rate (nmol/h/mg)

Hydrogen

Methane

C. formosanus

0.139 ± 0.031

0.204 ± 0.029

R. speratus

0.056 ± 0.008

0.451 ± 0.077

I. minor

0.026 ± 0.002

ND

Z. nevadensis

0.024 ± 0.002

0.052 ± 0.002

  1. ND not detected