title: Nitrous oxide fluxes from the littoral zone of a lake on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
abstract: Nitrous oxide (N(2)O) fluxes were measured in six littoral mirco-zones of Lake Huahu on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in the peak growing season of years of 2006 and 2007. The weighted mean N(2)O flux rate was 0.08 mg N m(-2) h(-1) (ranged from -0.07 to 0.35 mg N m(-2) h(-1)). The result was relatively high in the scope of N(2)O fluxes from boreal and temperate lakes. Emergent plant zones (Hippuris vulgaris and Glyceria maxima stands) recorded the highest N(2)O flux rate (0.11 ± 0.24 and 0.08 ± 0.17 mg N m(-2) h(-1), respectively). Non-vegetated lakeshore recorded the lowest N(2)O flux (0.03 ± 0.11 mg N m(-2) h(-1)), lower than that from the floating mat zone of Carex muliensis (0.05 ± 0.18 mg N m(-2) h(-1)), the floating-leaved plant zone of Polygonum amphibium (0.07 ± 0.11 mg N m(-2) h(-1)), and the wet meadow (0.07 ± 0.15 mg N m(-2) h(-1)). Standing water depths were important factors to explain such spatial variations in N(2)O fluxes. Significant temporal variations in N(2)O fluxes were also found. Such temporal variation in N(2)O flux in the littoral zone may be dependent on the interaction of water regime and thermal conditions, instead of the latter solely. These results showed the importance of the littoral zone of lake, especially the emergent plant zone, as a hotspot of N(2)O fluxes in such grazing meadows.
authors.affiliation: College of Forestry, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yanglin 712100, China.
authors.forename: Huai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yanfen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yongheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Changhui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D060106:Lakes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000032:analysis*; D053833:Wetlands
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D009609:Nitrous Oxide