Methane (CH 4 ) is a more potent greenhouse gas in terms of climate forcing than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) (Forster et al., 2007;IPCC, 2018), and in the recent decades, natural sources of CH 4 have accounted for about 22%-30% of mean global CH 4 emissions (Saunois et al., 2020). Although existing estimates and models are updated periodically, our confidence in these remains low because of limited observational data. The importance of global CH 4 models that are based on well-represented estimates from different latitudinal regions has been highlighted in previous studies (Saunois et al., 2020), including studies on freshwaters (Bastviken, Tranvik, et al., 2011).While uncertainties in CH 4 estimates remain, it has been well established in landmark studies that freshwaters are the primary natural sources of atmospheric CH 4 (Bastviken, Tranvik, et al., 2011;Kirschke et al., 2013;Saunois et al., 2020). The most recent global CH 4 emission estimates (2000-2009) from freshwaters, which include lakes, ponds, reservoirs, streams, and rivers, amount to 159 Tg CH 4 yr −1 (Saunois et al., 2020). Different aquatic environments present various and unique challenges in the study of CH 4 dynamics (Hamdan & Wickland, 2016). Most of our current knowledge about CH 4 is derived from boreal and temperate aquatic ecosystems; however, it is expected that different scenarios occur in the tropics. In simulation-based bottom-up estimates by Walter et al. (2001), CH 4 emissions in aquatic ecosystems were found to be sensitive to precipitation and the water table. Nevertheless, that study emphasized that estimates should be updated with representative data from tropical regions.