The influence of degradation of the swamp and alpine meadows on CH4 and CO2 fluxes on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
The influence of degradation of the swamp and alpine meadows on CH4 and CO2 fluxes on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
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DOI:
10.1007/s12665-009-0193-3
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发表时间:
2010-04
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Junfeng Wang;Genxu Wang;Hongchang Hu;Qingbai Wu
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作者:
Junfeng Wang;Genxu Wang;Hongchang Hu;Qingbai Wu
CH4and CO2fluxes from a high-cold swamp meadow and an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, subject to different degrees of degradation, were measured over a 12-month period. Air temperature, soil temperature and moisture, and the depths of the water table and thawing-freezing layer were determined. For swamp meadows, the greater the degradation, the lesser the carbon efflux. CH4emissions at the nondegraded swamp meadow site were 1.09–3.5 and 2.5–11.27 times greater, and CO2emissions 1.08–1.69 and 1.41–4.43 times greater, respectively, than those from moderately and severely degraded sites. For alpine meadows, the greater the degradation, the greater the CH4consumption and CO2emissions. CH4consumption at the severely degraded alpine meadow site was 6.6–21 and 1.1–5.25 times greater, and CO2emissions 1.05–78.5 and 1.04–6.28 times greater, respectively, than those from the nondegraded and moderately degraded sites. The CH4and CO2fluxes at both sites were significantly correlated (R2> 0.59,P< 0.05) with air temperature, soil temperature, and topsoil (0–5 cm depth) moisture, indicating these to be the main environmental factors affecting such fluxes.