The methane ebullition flux over algae zone of Lake Taihu
PU Yi-ni, JIA Lei, YANG Shi-jun, QIN Zhi-hao, SU Rong-ming-zhu, ZHAO Jia-yu, ZHANG Mi
Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, International Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change, Jiangsu Key Lab of Agricultural Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Ebullition is one of the main pathways for CH4 emission. To quantify CH4 ebullition flux and its ratio to total CH4 emission flux over algae zone of Lake Taihu, floating chamber method was utilized in this study in the Meiliang Bay of Lake Taihu during spring and summer time. The results showed that daytime CH4 ebullition flux was obviously higher than that of nighttime in both spring and summer seasons. The mean CH4 ebullition flux and its ratio to total CH4 flux in spring were 1.843nmol/(m2·s) and 31.2% respectively and that in summer were 104.497nmol/(m2·s) and 68.6%. The results indicated that the dominant CH4 emission pathway was diffusion in spring and different from spring, ebullition played important role in summer. Temperature (air temperature, surface water temperature, and sediment temperature) and air pressure were significantly correlated to CH4 ebullition emission at hourly and daily scale. The CH4 ebullition emission increased exponentially with increasing temperature and increased linearly as air pressure decreased. This study can provide important basic data for accurately estimating total CH4 emission in Lake Taihu basin and clarifying the contribution of CH4 emission from lakes in China to the global carbon cycle.
蒲旖旎, 贾磊, 杨诗俊, 秦志昊, 苏荣明珠, 赵佳玉, 张弥. 太湖藻型湖区CH4冒泡通量[J]. 中国环境科学, 2018, 38(10): 3914-3924.
PU Yi-ni, JIA Lei, YANG Shi-jun, QIN Zhi-hao, SU Rong-ming-zhu, ZHAO Jia-yu, ZHANG Mi. The methane ebullition flux over algae zone of Lake Taihu. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2018, 38(10): 3914-3924.
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