Carbon Dioxide Fluxes and Their Environmental Control in a Reclaimed Coastal Wetland in the Yangtze Estuary

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第一作者： Zhong, Qicheng

作者： Zhong, Qicheng;Lai, Qifang;Zheng, Liang;Wang, Kaiyun;Wang, Jiangtao;Zhang, Chao

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关键词： Yangtze estuary;Coastal wetland;Land reclamations;CO2 sink capacity

期刊名称：ESTUARIES AND COASTS （ 影响因子：2.976； 五年影响因子：3.186 ）

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摘要： Large areas of natural coastal wetlands have suffered severely from human-driven damages or conversions (e.g., land reclamations), but coastal carbon flux responses in reclaimed wetlands are largely unknown. The lack of knowledge of the environmental control mechanisms of carbon fluxes also limits the carbon budget management of reclaimed wetlands. The net ecosystem exchange (NEE) in a coastal wetland at Dongtan of Chongming Island in the Yangtze estuary was monitored throughout 2012 using the eddy covariance technique more than 14 years after this wetland was reclaimed using dykes to stop tidal flooding. The driving biophysical variables of NEE were also examined. The results showed that NEE displayed marked diurnal and seasonal variations. The monthly mean NEE showed that this ecosystem functioned as a CO2 sink during 9 months of the year, with a maximum value in September (-101.2 g C m(-2)) and a minimum value in November (-8.2 g C m(-2)). The annual CO2 balance of the reclaimed coastal wetland was -558.4 g C m(-2) year(-1). The ratio of ecosystem respiration (ER) to gross primary production (GPP) was 0.57, which suggests that 57 % of the organic carbon assimilated by wetland plants was consumed by plant respiration and soil heterotrophic respiration. Stepwise multiple linear regressions suggested that temperature and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) were the two dominant micrometeorological variables driving seasonal variations in NEE, while soil moisture (M (s)) and soil salinity (PSs) played minor roles. For the entire year, PAR and daytime NEE were significantly correlated, as well as temperature and nighttime NEE. These nonlinear relationships varied seasonally: the maximum ecosystem photosynthetic rate (A (max)), apparent quantum yield (a,), and Q (10) reached their peak values during summer (17.09 mu mol CO2 m(-2) s(-1)), autumn (0.13 mu mol CO2 mu mol(-1) photon), and spring (2.16), respectively. Exceptionally high M (s) or PSs values indirectly restricted ecosystem CO2 fixation capacity by reducing the PAR sensitivity of the NEE. The leaf area index (LAI) and live aboveground biomass (AGB(L)) were significantly correlated with NEE during the growing season. Although the annual net CO2 fixation rate of the coastal reclaimed wetland was distinctly lower than the unreclaimed coastal wetland in the same region, it was quite high relative to many inland freshwater wetlands and estuarine/coastal wetlands located at latitudes higher than this site. Thus, it is concluded that although the net CO2 fixation capacity of the coastal wetland was reduced by land reclamation, it can still perform as an important CO2 sink.

分类号： Q17

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