Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes at high spatiotemporal resolution from a small temperate lake
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Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes at high spatiotemporal resolution from a small temperate lake. / Sø, Jonas Stage; Sand-Jensen, Kaj; Martinsen, Kenneth Thorø; Polauke, Emma; Kjær, Johan Emil; Reitzel, Kasper; Kragh, Theis.
In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 878, 162895, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes at high spatiotemporal resolution from a small temperate lake
AU - Sø, Jonas Stage
AU - Sand-Jensen, Kaj
AU - Martinsen, Kenneth Thorø
AU - Polauke, Emma
AU - Kjær, Johan Emil
AU - Reitzel, Kasper
AU - Kragh, Theis
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Lakes are hotspots for CH4 and CO2 effluxes, but their magnitude and underlying drivers are still uncertain due to high spatiotemporal variation within and between lakes. We measured CH4 and CO2 fluxes at high temporal (hourly) and spatial resolution (approx. 13 m) using 24 automatic floating chambers equipped with continuously recording sensors that enabled the determination of diffusive and ebullitive gas fluxes. Additionally, we measured potential drivers such as weather patterns, water temperature, and O2 above the sediment. During five days in autumn 2021, we conducted measurements at 88 sites in a small, shallow eutrophic Danish Lake. CH4 ebullition was intense (mean 54.8 μmol m−2 h−1) and showed pronounced spatiotemporal variation. Ebullition rates were highest in deeper, hypoxic water (5–7 m). Diffusive CH4 fluxes were 4-fold lower (mean 15.0 μmol m−2 h−1) and spatially less variable than ebullitive fluxes, and significantly lower above hard sediments and submerged macrophyte stands. CO2 concentration in surface waters was permanently supersaturated at the mid-lake station, and diffusive fluxes (mean 919 μmol m−2 h−1) tended to be higher from deeper waters and increased with wind speed. To obtain mean whole-lake fluxes within an uncertainty of 20 %, we estimated that 72 sites for CH4 ebullition, 39 sites for diffusive CH4 fluxes and 27 sites for diffusive CO2 fluxes would be required. Thus, accurate whole-lake quantification of the dominant ebullitive CH4 flux requires simultaneous operation of many automated floating chambers. High spatiotemporal variability challenges the identification of essential drivers and current methods for upscaling lake CH4 and CO2 fluxes. We successfully overcame this challenge by using automatic floating chambers, which offer continuous CH4 and CO2 flux measurements at high temporal resolution and, thus, are an improvement over existing approaches.
AB - Lakes are hotspots for CH4 and CO2 effluxes, but their magnitude and underlying drivers are still uncertain due to high spatiotemporal variation within and between lakes. We measured CH4 and CO2 fluxes at high temporal (hourly) and spatial resolution (approx. 13 m) using 24 automatic floating chambers equipped with continuously recording sensors that enabled the determination of diffusive and ebullitive gas fluxes. Additionally, we measured potential drivers such as weather patterns, water temperature, and O2 above the sediment. During five days in autumn 2021, we conducted measurements at 88 sites in a small, shallow eutrophic Danish Lake. CH4 ebullition was intense (mean 54.8 μmol m−2 h−1) and showed pronounced spatiotemporal variation. Ebullition rates were highest in deeper, hypoxic water (5–7 m). Diffusive CH4 fluxes were 4-fold lower (mean 15.0 μmol m−2 h−1) and spatially less variable than ebullitive fluxes, and significantly lower above hard sediments and submerged macrophyte stands. CO2 concentration in surface waters was permanently supersaturated at the mid-lake station, and diffusive fluxes (mean 919 μmol m−2 h−1) tended to be higher from deeper waters and increased with wind speed. To obtain mean whole-lake fluxes within an uncertainty of 20 %, we estimated that 72 sites for CH4 ebullition, 39 sites for diffusive CH4 fluxes and 27 sites for diffusive CO2 fluxes would be required. Thus, accurate whole-lake quantification of the dominant ebullitive CH4 flux requires simultaneous operation of many automated floating chambers. High spatiotemporal variability challenges the identification of essential drivers and current methods for upscaling lake CH4 and CO2 fluxes. We successfully overcame this challenge by using automatic floating chambers, which offer continuous CH4 and CO2 flux measurements at high temporal resolution and, thus, are an improvement over existing approaches.
KW - Automated floating chambers
KW - CH fluxes
KW - Climate change
KW - CO fluxes
KW - Lake greenhouse gas emissions
U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162895
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162895
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36958559
AN - SCOPUS:85150934297
VL - 878
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
SN - 0048-9697
M1 - 162895
ER -
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