The Aquatic Ecology Laboratory (LEA) of the Sciences Biological’s Institute (ICB) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF) is one of the leading laboratories in limnological studies in Brazil. Equipped with some of the latest instruments to study gas emissions in aquatic systems, its varied team is made up of graduate students, PhD students, post–doctoral students and professors trained abroad. LEA-UFJF has an advanced research structure and is renowned for its contibutions in some of the most important scientific journals.