Analysis of nitrous oxide flux from lakes and reservoirs
XIE Yan-hong1,2, ZHANG Mi1,2, XIAO Wei1,2, WANG Wei1,2, LI Xu-hui1,2, BIAN Hang1,2
1. Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China;
2. Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Among inland water bodies, lakes and reservoirs are potential N2O sources and play important roles in nitrogen cycle. Based on the N2O flux data of 479 lakes and 83 reservoirs collected from published literatures, the influences of the latitude, area, depth and trophic status of the lakes and reservoirs were analyzed, and the global mean total N2O flux from lakes and reservoirs was estimated. The results indicated that most lakes and reservoirs acted as N2O sources. The mean N2O flux from lakes[(3.21±5.71)μmol/(m2·d)] was lower than that from reservoirs[(20.82±113.94)μmol/(m2·d)]. At the annual temporal scale, N2O flux from lakes and reservoirs decreased with increasing latitude. The N2O flux from lakes increased with increasing area, but opposite for reservoirs. The N2O flux over deep lakes were larger than those over shallow lakes. The N2O flux over eutrophic lakes and reservoirs were higher with comparison to oligotrophic lakes and reservoirs. The annual mean total N2O flux from lakes and reservoirs were 0.12 and 0.06Tg N/a, respectively, and accounted for 12% and 7% of the total N2O emission from inland waters.
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