Ebullition dominates methane fluxes from the water surface across different ecohydrological patches in a temperate freshwater marsh at the end of the growing season

Measurements of the spatial heterogeneity of methane fluxes in wetlands are critical to better understand and predict methane emissions at the ecosystem scale. However, the within-wetland spatial heterogeneity of fluxes is rarely assessed. Here, we use a spatially balanced rapid chamber-based survey...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2021-05, Vol.767 (C), p.144498-144498, Article 144498
Main Authors: Villa, Jorge A., Ju, Yang, Yazbeck, Theresia, Waldo, Sarah, Wrighton, Kelly C., Bohrer, Gil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bubbling
Diffusion
Greenhouse gas flux
Patch dynamics
Spatial heterogeneity
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Summary:Measurements of the spatial heterogeneity of methane fluxes in wetlands are critical to better understand and predict methane emissions at the ecosystem scale. However, the within-wetland spatial heterogeneity of fluxes is rarely assessed. Here, we use a spatially balanced rapid chamber-based survey of methane at different ecohydrological patches within a temperate freshwater marsh. We measured fluxes exclusively from the water surface without including vegetation. We further used the data from chamber measurements to partition diffusive and ebullitive fluxes. Three ecohydrological patches were distinguishable in the marsh, defined by the type and presence/absence of vegetation. These patches were emergent vegetation, floating-leaved, and open water. Net methane fluxes from the water surface (diffusion plus ebullition) in emergent vegetation patches were larger than in the floating-leaved vegetation and open water patches (p 
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144498