Variation in the plant-mediated methane transport and its importance for methane emission from intact wetland peat mesocosms  

作　　者：Gurbir S.Bhullar Peter J.Edwards Harry Olde Venterink 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Integrative Biology,ETH Zurich,Universitätstrasse 16,8092 Zurich,Switzerland

出　　处：《Journal of Plant Ecology》2013年第4期298-304,共7页植物生态学报（英文版）

摘　　要：Aims and Methods Vascular plants are known to influence the production,transport and oxidation of methane in wetland soils,but these processes are not well understood.using plants grown in intact peat cores,we compared the influence upon methane emissions of 20 forb and graminoid species from European wetlands.We measured plant-mediated transport of methane(conduit or chimney effect)using a novel agar-sealing technique that prevented methane exchange from the bare soil to the atmosphere.Important Findings the plant-mediated transport(chimney effect)represented between 30%and almost 100%of the total methane flux,with graminoids exhibiting greater internal transport than forbs.In general,plants with less dense root tissues and a relatively larger root volume exhibited a larger chimney effect.most species(12 out of 20)signif-icantly reduced methane emissions compared to bare soil and only one species,Succisa pratensis,increased them.We suggest that characterising vegetation in terms of plant functional traits and plant processes offers an effective method for estimating methane emis-sions from wetlands.However,we found no correlation between the magnitude of the chimney effect and the overall influence of different plant species on methane emissions.besides introducing a useful tool to study plant-mediated transport,this work suggests that characterising vegetation in terms of functional traits could improve estimates of methane emissions from wetlands,which in turn could help in designing mitigation strategies.

关 键 词：functional group graminoid FORB agar-sealing conduit gas transportreceived 

分 类 号：O64[理学—物理化学]