CO 2 and CH 4 budgets and global warming potential modifications in Sphagnum -dominated peat mesocosms invaded by Molinia caerulea - INSU - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue Biogeosciences Année : 2019

CO 2 and CH 4 budgets and global warming potential modifications in Sphagnum -dominated peat mesocosms invaded by Molinia caerulea

Résumé

Plant communities play a key role in regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in peatland ecosystems and therefore in their ability to act as carbon (C) sinks. However , in response to global change, a shift from Sphagnum-dominated to vascular-plant-dominated peatlands may occur , with a potential alteration in their C-sink function. To investigate how the main GHG fluxes (CO 2 and CH 4) are affected by a plant community change (shift from dominance of Sphagnum mosses to vascular plants, i.e., Molinia caerulea), a mesocosm experiment was set up. Gross primary production (GPP), ecosystem respiration (ER) and CH 4 emission models were used to estimate the annual C balance and global warming potential under both vegetation covers. While the ER and CH 4 emission models estimated an output of, respectively, 376 ± 108 and 7 ± 4 g C m −2 yr −1 in Sphagnum mesocosms, this reached 1018 ± 362 and 33 ± 8 g C m −2 yr −1 in mesocosms with Sphagnum rubellum and Molinia caerulea. Annual modeled GPP was estimated at −414±122 and −1273±482 g C m −2 yr −1 in Sphagnum and Sphagnum + Molinia plots, respectively, leading to an annual CO 2 and CH 4 budget of −30 g C m −2 yr −1 in Sphagnum plots and of −223 g C m −2 yr −1 in Sphagnum + Molinia ones (i.e., a C sink). Even if CH 4 emissions accounted for a small part of the gaseous C efflux (ca. 3 %), their global warming potential value makes both plant communities have a climate warming effect. The shift of vegetation from Sphagnum mosses to Molinia caerulea seems beneficial for C sequestra-tion at a gaseous level. However, roots and litter of Molinia caerulea could provide substrates for C emissions that were not taken into account in the short measurement period studied here.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
bg-16-4085-2019-1.pdf (1.17 Mo) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Fichiers éditeurs autorisés sur une archive ouverte
Loading...

Dates et versions

insu-02345020 , version 1 (04-11-2019)

Identifiants

Citer

Fabien Leroy, Sébastien Gogo, Christophe Guimbaud, Léonard Bernard-Jannin, Xiaole Yin, et al.. CO 2 and CH 4 budgets and global warming potential modifications in Sphagnum -dominated peat mesocosms invaded by Molinia caerulea. Biogeosciences, 2019, 16 (20), pp.4085-4095. ⟨10.5194/bg-16-4085-2019⟩. ⟨insu-02345020⟩
136 Consultations
117 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More