Contribution of plant-induced pressurized flow to CH4 emission from a Phragmites fen

Author:

van den Berg Merit,van den Elzen Eva,Ingwersen Joachim,Kosten SarianORCID,Lamers Leon P. M.ORCID,Streck Thilo

Abstract

AbstractThe widespread wetland species Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. has the ability to transport gases through its stems via a pressurized flow. This results in a high oxygen (O2) transport to the rhizosphere, suppressing methane (CH4) production and stimulating CH4 oxidation. Simultaneously CH4 is transported in the opposite direction to the atmosphere, bypassing the oxic surface layer. This raises the question how this plant-mediated gas transport in Phragmites affects the net CH4 emission. A field experiment was set-up in a Phragmites-dominated fen in Germany, to determine the contribution of all three gas transport pathways (plant-mediated, diffusive and ebullition) during the growth stage of Phragmites from intact vegetation (control), from clipped stems (CR) to exclude the pressurized flow, and from clipped and sealed stems (CSR) to exclude any plant-transport. Clipping resulted in a 60% reduced diffusive + plant-mediated flux (control: 517, CR: 217, CSR: 279 mg CH4 m−2 day−1). Simultaneously, ebullition strongly increased by a factor of 7–13 (control: 10, CR: 71, CSR: 126 mg CH4 m−2 day−1). This increase of ebullition did, however, not compensate for the exclusion of pressurized flow. Total CH4 emission from the control was 2.3 and 1.3 times higher than from CR and CSR respectively, demonstrating the significant role of pressurized gas transport in Phragmites-stands.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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