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Enhancing Surface Methane Fluxes from an Oligotrophic Lake: Exploring the Microbubble Hypothesis

Environmental Science & Technology. Bd. 49. H. 2. American Chemical Society (ACS) 2015 S. 873 - 880

Erscheinungsjahr: 2015

Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Sprache: Englisch

Doi/URN: 10.1021/es503385d

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Inhaltszusammenfassung


Exchange of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) across inland water surfaces is an important component of the terrestrial carbon (C) balance. We investigated the fluxes of these two gases across the surface of oligotrophic Lake Stechlin using a floating chamber approach. The normalized gas transfer rate for CH4 (k600,CH4) was on average 2.5 times higher than that for CO2 (k600,CO2) and consequently higher than Fickian transport. Because of its low solubility relative t...Exchange of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) across inland water surfaces is an important component of the terrestrial carbon (C) balance. We investigated the fluxes of these two gases across the surface of oligotrophic Lake Stechlin using a floating chamber approach. The normalized gas transfer rate for CH4 (k600,CH4) was on average 2.5 times higher than that for CO2 (k600,CO2) and consequently higher than Fickian transport. Because of its low solubility relative to CO2, the enhanced CH4 flux is possibly explained by the presence of microbubbles in the lake’s surface layer. These microbubbles may originate from atmospheric bubble entrainment or gas supersaturation (i.e., O2) or both. Irrespective of the source, we determined that an average of 145 L m–2 d–1 of gas is required to exit the surface layer via microbubbles to produce the observed elevated k600,CH4. As k600 values are used to estimate CH4 pathways in aquatic systems, the presence of microbubbles could alter the resulting CH4 and perhaps C balances. These microbubbles will also affect the surface fluxes of other sparingly soluble gases in inland waters, including O2 and N2.» weiterlesen» einklappen

Autoren


McGinnis, Daniel F. (Autor)
Kirillin, Georgiy (Autor)
Tang, Kam W. (Autor)
Flury, Sabine (Autor)
Engelhardt, Christof (Autor)
Casper, Peter (Autor)
Grossart, Hans-Peter (Autor)

Klassifikation


DFG Fachgebiet:
Wasserforschung

DDC Sachgruppe:
Naturwissenschaften

Verknüpfte Personen


Pascal Bodmer