title: [Characteristics of dissolved organic carbon release under inundation from typical grass plants in the water-level fluctuation zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir area].
abstract: The water-level fluctuation zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) exposes in spring and summer, then, green plants especially herbaceous plants grow vigorously. In the late of September, water-level fluctuation zone of TGR goes to inundation. Meanwhile, annually accumulated biomass of plant will be submerged for decaying, resulting in organism decomposition and release a large amount of dissolved organic carbon (DOC). This may lead to negative impacts on water environment of TGR. The typical herbaceous plants from water-level fluctuation zone were collected and inundated in the laboratory for dynamic measurements of DOC concentration of overlying water. According to the determination, the DOC release rates and fluxes have been calculated. Results showed that the release process of DOC variation fitted in a parabolic curve. The peak DOC concentrations emerge averagely in the 15th day of inundation, indicating that DOC released quickly with organism decay of herbaceous plant. The release process of DOC could be described by the logarithm equation. There are significant differences between the concentration of DOC (the maximum DOC concentration is 486.88 mg x L(-1) +/- 35.97 mg x L(-1) for Centaurea picris, the minimum is 4.18 mg x L(-1) +/- 1.07 mg x L(-1) for Echinochloacrus galli) and the release amount of DOC (the maximum is 50.54 mg x g(-1) for Centaurea picris, the minimum is 6.51 mg x g(-1) for Polygonum hydropiper) due to different characteristics of plants, especially, the values of C/N of herbaceous plants. The cumulative DOC release quantities during the whole inundation period were significantly correlated with plants' C/N values in linear equations.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China. tqxia825@163.com
authors.forename: Qiu-Xia
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Boi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Ke-Ke
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Hua
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis*; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D006109:Poaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon