Methane efflux from emergent vegetation in peatlands

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-246

  Shannon, Robert D ^a,b   White, Jeffrey R ^a   Lawson, Joan E ^a   Gilmour, Bradley S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Bog; Pore water; Trace gas; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC EMISSION; METHANE; METHANE EMISSION; PEATLAND; PEATLAND VEGETATION; PEATLANDS; PLANT ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT;

CALLA PALUSTRIS; CAREX OLIGOSPERMA; CHAMAEDAPHNE CALYCULATA; SCHEUCHZERIA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0029774489     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2261359     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Armstrong, W., Justin, S.H.F., Beckett, P.M. & Lythe, S. (1991) Root adaptation to soil waterlogging. Aquatic Botany, 39, 57-73.
2. Bartsch, I. & Schwintzer, C. (1994) Growth of Chamaedaphne calyculata at two peatland sites in relation to nutrient availability. Wetlands, 14, 147-158.
3. Botch, M.S., Kobak, K.I., Vinson, T.S. & Kolchugina, T.P. (1995) Carbon pools and accumulation in peatlands of the former Soviet Union. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 9, 37-46.
4. Bubier, J.L. (1995) The relationship of vegetation to methane emission and hydrochemical gradients in northern peatlands. Journal of Ecology, 83, 403-420.
5. Chanton, J.P., Martens, C.S. & Kelley, C.A. (1989) Gas transport from methane-saturated, tidal freshwater and wetland sediments. Limnology and Oceanography, 34, 807-819.
6. Chanton, J.P. & Dacey, J.W.H. (1991) Effects of vegetation on methane flux, reservoirs, and carbon isotopic composition. Trace Gas Emissions from Plants (eds T. Sharkey, E. Holland & H. Mooney), pp. 65-92. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, CA.
7. Chanton, J.P., Whiting, G.J., Showers, W.J. & Crill, P.M. (1992a) Methane flux from Peltandra virginica: Stable isotope tracing and chamber effects. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 6, 15-32.
8. Chanton, J.P., Martens, C.S., Kelley, C.A., Crill, P.M. & Showers, W.J. (1992b) Methane transport mechanisms and isotope fractionation in emergent macrophytes of an Alaskan tundra lake. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97 (D15), 16681-16688.
9. Cicerone, R.J. & Oremland, R.S. (1988) Biogeochemical aspects of atmospheric methane. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2, 299-327.
10. Clymo, R.S. & Pearce, D.M.E. (1995) Methane and carbon dioxide production in, transport through, and efflux from a peatland. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A, 350, 249-259.
11. Conway, V.M. (1937) Studies in the autecology of Cladium mariscus R.Br. Part III. The aeration of the subteranean parts of the plant. New Phytologist, 37, 64-96.
12. Dacey, J.W.H. (1981) Pressurized ventilation in the yellow water lily. Ecology, 62, 1137-1147.
13. Dacey, J.W.H. & Klug, M.J. (1982) Methane efflux from lake sediments through water lilies. Science, 203, 1253-1255.
14. Fechner, E.J. & Hemond, H.F. (1992) Methane transport and oxidation in the unsaturated zone of a Sphagnum peatland. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 6, 33-44.
15. Gorham, E. (1991) Northern peatlands: Role in the carbon cycle and probable responses to climatic warming. Ecological Applications, 1, 182-195.
16. Hesslein, R.H. (1976) An in situ sampler for close interval pore water studies. Limnology and Oceanography, 21, 912-914.
17. Holzapfel-Pschorn, A., Conrad, R. & Seiler, W. (1986) Effects of vegetation on the emission of methane from submerged paddy soil. Plant and Soil, 92, 233-233.
18. Kartesz, J.T. (1994) A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Timber Press, Portland, OR, USA.
19. McAuliffe, C. (1971) GC determination of solutes by multiple phase equilibration. Chemical Technology, 1, 46-51.
20. Moore, T.R., Heyes, A. & Roulet, N.T. (1994) Methane emissions from wetlands, southern Hudson Bay lowland. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99 (D1), 1455-1467.
21. Morrissey, L.A. & Livingston, G.P. (1992) Methane emissions from Alaska arctic tundra: an assessment of local spatial variability. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97 (D15), 16661-16670.
22. Morrissey, L.A., Zobel, D.B. & Livingston, G.P. (1993) Significance of stomatal control on methane release from Carex dominated wetlands. Chemosphere, 26, 339-355.
23. 2- from acid rain. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 27, 893-903.
24. Nilsson, M. & Bohlin, E. (1993) Methane and carbon dioxide concentrations in bogs and fens - with special reference to the effects of the botanical composition of the peat. Journal of Ecology, 81, 615-625.
25. Nouchi, I., Mariko, S. & Aoki, K. (1990) Mechanisms of methane transport from the rhizosphere to the atmosphere through rice plants. Plant Physiology, 94, 59-66.
26. Schütz, H., Seiler, W. & Conrad, R. (1990) Influence of soil temperature on methane emissions from rice paddy fields. Biogeochemistry, 11, 77-95.
27. Schütz, H., Schröder, P. & Rennenburg, H. (1991) Role of plants in regulating the methane flux to the atmosphere. Trace Gas Emissions in Plants (eds T. Sharkey, E. Holland & H. Mooney), pp. 29-63. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, CA.
28. Sebacher, D.I., Harriss, R.C. & Bartlett, K.B. (1985) Methane emissions to the atmosphere through aquatic plants. Journal of Environmental Quality, 14, 40-46.
29. Seiler, W., Holzapfel-Pschorn, A., Conrad, R. & Scharfee, D. (1984) Methane emissions from rice paddies. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 1, 241-268.
30. Shannon, R.D. (1993) The biogeochemistry of methane cycling in two Michigan peatlands. PhD dissertation, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington.
31. Shannon, R.D. & White, J.R. (1994) A three-year study of controls on methane emissions from two Michigan peatlands. Biogeochemistry, 27, 35-60.
32. Sjörs, H. (1991) Phyto- and necromass above and below ground in a fen. Holarctic Ecology, 14, 208-218.
33. Sorrell, B.K. & Boon, P.I. (1994) Convective gas flow in Eleocharis sphacelata R. Br.: methane transport and release from wetlands. Aquatic Botany, 47, 197-12.
34. Van de Gon, H.A.C.D. & Van Breeman, N. (1993) Diffusion-controlled transport of methane from soil to atmosphere as mediated by rice plants. Biogeochemistry, 21, 177-190.
35. Whalen, S.C. & Reeburgh, W.S. (1988) A methane flux time series for tundra environments. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2, 399-409.
36. 4 emissions in a subarctic Canadian fen. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 6, 225-231.
37. Whiting, G.J. & Chanton, J.P. (1993) Primary production control of methane emission from wetlands. Nature, 364, 794-795.
38. Yavitt, J.B. & Lang, G.E. (1990) Methane production in contrasting wetland sites: Response to organic-chemical components of peat and to sulfate reduction. Geomicrobiology Journal, 8, 27-46.