Methane Emissions from a Subtropical Grass Marshland, Northern Taiwan

Philipp, Katharina; Juang, Jehn-Yih; Deventer, Malte Julian; Klemm, Otto

doi:10.1007/s13157-017-0947-8

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Published: 12 September 2017

Methane Emissions from a Subtropical Grass Marshland, Northern Taiwan

Katharina Philipp ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0784-9408¹,
Jehn-Yih Juang²,
Malte Julian Deventer¹^nAff3 &
Otto Klemm¹

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Methane (CH₄) is an important greenhouse gas and a significant contributor to global warming. Compared to preindustrial levels, the atmospheric CH₄ concentration has more than doubled. The most dominant non-anthropogenic sources of atmospheric CH₄ have been found to be natural wetlands, but CH₄ fluxes from many wetlands all over the world are largely unexplored. We present the first results of eddy covariance CH₄ flux measurements above a subtropical grass marshland in northern Taiwan. Our results show that this wetland, dominated by Phragmites australis and Brachiaria mutica, is a significant source of CH₄. During the six-week measuring period in August and September, daily mean emissions of 145 mg CH₄ m⁻² were recorded. Clear diurnal variations of the CH₄ fluxes were observed, peaking at 0.187 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ in the early afternoon. Minimal emissions generally occurred between 03:30 and 06:30 h, before sunrise. Significant correlations of the CH₄ flux with the latent heat flux, stomatal conductance, and relative humidity indicated that the diurnal patterns were induced by convective gas flow through the aerenchyma of the plants. Moreover, the magnitude of the CH₄ emissions predominantly responded to water level fluctuations; water levels below the soil surface were associated with significantly lower CH₄ emissions.

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We would like to thank Chao-Jung Fan and Ziyi Lu (National Taiwan University) for support during the setup of the eddy covariance tower and technical assistance both during and after our measuring period. We thank C. Brennecka for language-editing of the final version of the manuscript.

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Katharina Philipp, Malte Julian Deventer & Otto Klemm
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Philipp, K., Juang, JY., Deventer, M.J. et al. Methane Emissions from a Subtropical Grass Marshland, Northern Taiwan. Wetlands 37, 1145–1157 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-017-0947-8

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Received: 06 March 2017
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Published: 12 September 2017
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-017-0947-8

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Methane fluxes
Subtropical wetland
Eddy covariance
Greenhouse gases
Diurnal pattern
Plant-mediated transport