Abstract
We investigated the emission fluxes of N2O from the Phragmites australis marsh of Chongming Dongtan in the Yangtze estuary, using a static chamber combined with a gas chromatograph. The results showed that within the growth seasons, the changes of NO3--N in the high tidal flat without vegetation cover were similar to those in the reed rhizospheric sediments. Compared with NO3--N, the variations of NH4+-N differed between bare and vegetated sediments. The reed was observed to significantly enhance the release of N2O from sediments. N2O effluxes were respectively 0.71 and -4.02μg · m-2 · h-1 in bare sediments in July and January whereas they increased to 566.28 μg · m-2 · h-1 and 67.54 μg · m-2 · h-1 in rhizospheric sediments in both seasons. Besides NO3--N, NH4+-N, temperature and water content, the physiological processes of plant also controlled the N2O emission.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2526-2534 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Huanjing Kexue Xuebao / Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| State | Published - Dec 2010 |
Keywords
- Chongming Dongtan
- Nitrogen
- Nitrous oxide
- Phragmites australis
- Seasonal variation