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Estimating Sediment Denitrification Rates Using Cores and N2O Microsensors
Published on: December 6, 2018
沿岸付近の海洋堆積物における酸化窒素の産生
まとめ
沿岸の海洋沈殿物は,窒素酸化物 (N2O) の重要な供給源である. ナラガンセット湾の沈殿物は,特にユートロフィックな地域では,高い割合でN2Oを放出し,下水流出水の貢献を上回ります.
科学分野:
- 環境科学 環境科学
- マリン・ケミストリー (海洋化学)
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
背景:
- 酸化窒素 (N2O) は強力な温室効果ガスである.
- 沿岸の生態系におけるN2O源を理解することは,気候変動の緩和に極めて重要です.
- 海洋沈殿物は,大気ガス吸収槽や供給源として機能する.
研究 の 目的:
- 沿岸海域の堆積物からの酸化窒素 (N2O) の流れを定量化するために.
- N2Oの生産率を優質な場所と汚染されていない場所の間で比較する.
- 人為的な投入に対するベンシックN2O源の貢献度を評価する.
主な方法:
- ナラガンセット湾の堆積物から流れる窒素酸化物 (N2O) の現地測定.
- 堆積物のコア収集と分析.
- 異なる環境条件におけるN2O流速の比較.
主要な成果:
- 沿岸の海洋沈殿物は,酸化窒素 (N2O) の純源である.
- N2O流速は20から900nmol/m2/hrを超える範囲であった.
- エウトロフィック沈殿物は,汚染されていない場所よりもはるかに高いN2O生産率を示した.
結論:
- ナラガンセット湾のベンシックN2O生産は,かなりの源である.
- 堆積物によるN2O排出量は,下水処理所の排水から入るN2Oを上回る.
- 沿岸の沈殿物の管理は,N2O排出量を制御するために不可欠です.
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