Quantifying landscape-level methane fluxes in subarctic Finland using a multiscale approach
Quantifying landscape-scale methane (CH4) fluxes from boreal and arctic regions, and determining how they are controlled, is critical for predicting the magnitude of any CH4 emission feedback to climate change. Furthermore, there remains uncertainty regarding the relative importance of small areas o...
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ftunivstirling:oai:dspace.stir.ac.uk:1893/25820 2023-05-15T15:02:20+02:00 Quantifying landscape-level methane fluxes in subarctic Finland using a multiscale approach Hartley, Iain Hill, Timothy C Wade, Thomas J Clement, Robert J Moncrieff, John B Prieto-Blanco, Ana Disney, Mathias Huntley, Brian Williams, Mathew Howden, Nicholas J K Wookey, Philip Baxter, Robert University of Exeter University of St Andrews University of Edinburgh University College London Durham University University of Bristol Biological and Environmental Sciences orcid:0000-0001-5957-6424 2015-10 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25820 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12975 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/25820/1/Hartley_et_al-2015-Global_Change_Biology.pdf en eng Wiley-Blackwell Hartley I, Hill TC, Wade TJ, Clement RJ, Moncrieff JB, Prieto-Blanco A, Disney M, Huntley B, Williams M, Howden NJK, Wookey P & Baxter R (2015) Quantifying landscape-level methane fluxes in subarctic Finland using a multiscale approach. Global Change Biology, 21 (10), pp. 3712-3725. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12975 http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25820 doi:10.1111/gcb.12975 25969925 WOS:000360994500013 2-s2.0-84941023836 524380 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/25820/1/Hartley_et_al-2015-Global_Change_Biology.pdf © 2015 The Authors. Global Change Biology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY Aapa mire Arctic climate change eddy covariance methane oxidation methanogenesis remote sensing static chambers Journal Article VoR - Version of Record 2015 ftunivstirling https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12975 2022-06-13T18:42:04Z Quantifying landscape-scale methane (CH4) fluxes from boreal and arctic regions, and determining how they are controlled, is critical for predicting the magnitude of any CH4 emission feedback to climate change. Furthermore, there remains uncertainty regarding the relative importance of small areas of strong methanogenic activity, vs. larger areas with net CH4 uptake, in controlling landscape-level fluxes. We measured CH4 fluxes from multiple microtopographical subunits (sedge-dominated lawns, interhummocks and hummocks) within an aapa mire in subarctic Finland, as well as in drier ecosystems present in the wider landscape, lichen heath and mountain birch forest. An intercomparison was carried out between fluxes measured using static chambers, up-scaled using a high-resolution landcover map derived from aerial photography and eddy covariance. Strong agreement was observed between the two methodologies, with emission rates greatest in lawns. CH4 fluxes from lawns were strongly related to seasonal fluctuations in temperature, but their floating nature meant that water-table depth was not a key factor in controlling CH4 release. In contrast, chamber measurements identified net CH4 uptake in birch forest soils. An intercomparison between the aerial photography and satellite remote sensing demonstrated that quantifying the distribution of the key CH4 emitting and consuming plant communities was possible from satellite, allowing fluxes to be scaled up to a 100 km2 area. For the full growing season (May to October), ~ 1.1-1.4 g CH4 m-2 was released across the 100 km2 area. This was based on up-scaled lawn emissions of 1.2-1.5 g CH4 m-2, vs. an up-scaled uptake of 0.07-0.15 g CH4 m-2 by the wider landscape. Given the strong temperature sensitivity of the dominant lawn fluxes, and the fact that lawns are unlikely to dry out, climate warming may substantially increase CH4 emissions in northern Finland, and in aapa mire regions in general. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Northern Finland Subarctic University of Stirling: Stirling Digital Research Repository Arctic Global Change Biology 21 10 3712 3725 |
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Aapa mire Arctic climate change eddy covariance methane oxidation methanogenesis remote sensing static chambers Hartley, Iain Hill, Timothy C Wade, Thomas J Clement, Robert J Moncrieff, John B Prieto-Blanco, Ana Disney, Mathias Huntley, Brian Williams, Mathew Howden, Nicholas J K Wookey, Philip Baxter, Robert Quantifying landscape-level methane fluxes in subarctic Finland using a multiscale approach |
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Quantifying landscape-scale methane (CH4) fluxes from boreal and arctic regions, and determining how they are controlled, is critical for predicting the magnitude of any CH4 emission feedback to climate change. Furthermore, there remains uncertainty regarding the relative importance of small areas of strong methanogenic activity, vs. larger areas with net CH4 uptake, in controlling landscape-level fluxes. We measured CH4 fluxes from multiple microtopographical subunits (sedge-dominated lawns, interhummocks and hummocks) within an aapa mire in subarctic Finland, as well as in drier ecosystems present in the wider landscape, lichen heath and mountain birch forest. An intercomparison was carried out between fluxes measured using static chambers, up-scaled using a high-resolution landcover map derived from aerial photography and eddy covariance. Strong agreement was observed between the two methodologies, with emission rates greatest in lawns. CH4 fluxes from lawns were strongly related to seasonal fluctuations in temperature, but their floating nature meant that water-table depth was not a key factor in controlling CH4 release. In contrast, chamber measurements identified net CH4 uptake in birch forest soils. An intercomparison between the aerial photography and satellite remote sensing demonstrated that quantifying the distribution of the key CH4 emitting and consuming plant communities was possible from satellite, allowing fluxes to be scaled up to a 100 km2 area. For the full growing season (May to October), ~ 1.1-1.4 g CH4 m-2 was released across the 100 km2 area. This was based on up-scaled lawn emissions of 1.2-1.5 g CH4 m-2, vs. an up-scaled uptake of 0.07-0.15 g CH4 m-2 by the wider landscape. Given the strong temperature sensitivity of the dominant lawn fluxes, and the fact that lawns are unlikely to dry out, climate warming may substantially increase CH4 emissions in northern Finland, and in aapa mire regions in general. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
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Quantifying landscape-level methane fluxes in subarctic Finland using a multiscale approach |
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Quantifying landscape-level methane fluxes in subarctic Finland using a multiscale approach |
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Quantifying landscape-level methane fluxes in subarctic Finland using a multiscale approach |
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Quantifying landscape-level methane fluxes in subarctic Finland using a multiscale approach |
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Quantifying landscape-level methane fluxes in subarctic Finland using a multiscale approach |
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quantifying landscape-level methane fluxes in subarctic finland using a multiscale approach |
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Hartley I, Hill TC, Wade TJ, Clement RJ, Moncrieff JB, Prieto-Blanco A, Disney M, Huntley B, Williams M, Howden NJK, Wookey P & Baxter R (2015) Quantifying landscape-level methane fluxes in subarctic Finland using a multiscale approach. Global Change Biology, 21 (10), pp. 3712-3725. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12975 http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25820 doi:10.1111/gcb.12975 25969925 WOS:000360994500013 2-s2.0-84941023836 524380 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/25820/1/Hartley_et_al-2015-Global_Change_Biology.pdf |
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