Inorganic carbon fluxes across the vadose zone of planted and unplanted soil mesocosms

Eike Marie Thaysen, Diederik Jacques, Søren Jessen, C.E. Andersen, Eric Laloy, Per Lennart Ambus, Dieke Postma, Iver Jakobsen

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Abstract

The efflux of carbon dioxide (CO2) from soils influences atmospheric CO2 concentrations and thereby climate change. The partitioning of inorganic carbon (C) fluxes in the vadose zone between emission to the atmosphere and to the groundwater was investigated to reveal controlling underlying mechanisms. Carbon dioxide partial pressure in the soil gas (pCO2), alkalinity, soil moisture and temperature were measured over depth and time in unplanted and planted (barley) mesocosms. The dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) percolation flux was calculated from the pCO2, alkalinity and the water flux at the mesocosm bottom. Carbon dioxide exchange between the soil surface and the atmosphere was measured at regular intervals. The soil diffusivity was determined from soil radon-222 (222Rn) emanation rates and soil air Rn concentration profiles and was used in conjunction with measured pCO2 gradients to calculate the soil CO2 production. Carbon dioxide fluxes were modeled using the HP1 module of the Hydrus 1-D software.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftBiogeosciences
Vol/bind11
Sider (fra-til)7179-7192
Antal sider14
ISSN1726-4170
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2014

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