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The spatial variability of methane emission from subtaiga and forest–steppe grass–moss fens of Western Siberia

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Methane emission from the grass–moss fens of the Western Siberia subtaiga was studied using a static chamber method. It was established that CH4 flux median ± half of the interquartile range in the studied wetland ecosystems constituted 4.9 ± 2.9 mg of CH4/(m2 h). It was shown that such a high spatial variability of emission is caused mainly by the difference in the water table level. It was found that, in these observations, a higher water table level correlates with lower emission values. The causes of this phenomenon are discussed, and recommendations for conducting field studies for estimating the regional flux are given.

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  1. Institute of Forest Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow oblast, Odintsovo raion, pos. Uspenskoe, ul. Sovetskaya 21, 143030, Russia

    A. F. Sabrekov, I. V. Filippov, M. V. Glagolev, D. V. Il’yasov & B. A. Smolentsev

  2. Tomsk State University, prosp. Lenina 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

    A. F. Sabrekov & M. V. Glagolev

  3. Yugra State University, ul. Chekhova 16, Khanty-, Mansiysk, 628012, Russia

    I. V. Filippov & M. V. Glagolev

  4. Faculty of Soil Science, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    I. E. Terentieva & M. V. Glagolev

  5. Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akademika Lavrent’eva 8/2, Novosibirsk, 630099, Russia

    S. S. Maksyutov

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Original Russian Text © A.F. Sabrekov, I.V. Filippov, I.E. Terentieva, M.V. Glagolev, D.V. Il’yasov, B.A. Smolentsev, S.S. Maksyutov, 2016, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2016, No. 2, pp. 199–206.

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Sabrekov, A.F., Filippov, I.V., Terentieva, I.E. et al. The spatial variability of methane emission from subtaiga and forest–steppe grass–moss fens of Western Siberia. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 43, 162–168 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359016020060

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