アマゾンの川や湿地からの排気は,大気中のCO2の大きな熱帯的な源である
Jeffrey E Richey1, John M Melack, Anthony K Aufdenkampe
1School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. jrichey@u.washington.edu
Nature
|April 12, 2002
まとめ
熱帯雨林は,熱帯雨林である.
科学分野:
- 環境科学 環境科学
- エコロジー エコロジー エコロジー
- バイオジオケミストリー バイオジオケミストリー
背景:
- 世界的な炭素循環における熱帯の生態系の役割は不明である.
- 熱帯雨林が炭素の吸収場か,または炭素の源であるかどうかに基づいて,推定は異なります.
- 以前の研究は,主に陸上の炭素交換に焦点を当てていた.
研究 の 目的:
- アマゾン川や湿地から排出される二酸化炭素 (CO2) を定量化するために.
- アマゾン盆地の炭素予算における水中炭素の損失の重要性を評価する.
- 水系を含む熱帯雨林の純炭素バランスを再評価する.
主な方法:
- アマゾンの中央部の河川や湿地のCO2排出量 (脱出量) を測定した.
- ガス交換の測定から得られた推定炭素流量.
- 局所的な測定に基づいた盆地全体の流動を抽出した.
主要な成果:
- アマゾンの川や湿地から排出されるCO2は,炭素を大幅に失っているプロセスである (1.2 ± 0.3 Mg C ha−1 yr−1).
- この水中のCO2フロースは,年間0.5GtC−1と推定されており,河川による輸出と比較するとかなり大きい.
- 炭素は,水生システムで呼吸する陸上の有機物質から発生している可能性が高い.
結論:
- 水中のCO2排出は,以前過小評価されていたアマゾンの主要な炭素損失経路です.
- 水生環境を含むことは,熱帯雨林が炭素のバランスに近づいていることを示唆しています.
- この研究は,炭素循環の評価のために,統合された陸生水生研究の重要性を強調しています.
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