Journal
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
Volume 35, Issue 32, Pages 5393-5409Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00302-8
Keywords
monoterpene emissions; isoprene emissions; branch enclosure; volatile organic compounds flux; Mediterranean vegetation; extrapolation to regional scale; biogenic VOC speciation
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Forty native Mediterranean plant species were screened for emissions of the C5 and CIO hydrocarbons, isoprene and monoterpenes, in five different habitats. A total of 32 compounds were observed in the emissions front these plants. The number of compounds emitted by different plant species varied from 19, (Quercus ilex) to a single compound emission, usually of isoprene. Emission rates were normalised to generate emission factors for each plant species for each sampling event at standard conditions of temperature and light intensity. Plant species were categorised according to their main emitted compound. the major groups being isoprene, alpha -pinene, linalool, and limonene emitters. Estimates of habitat fluxes for each emitted compound were derived from the contributing plant species' emission factors, biomass and ground cover. Emissions of individual compounds ranged from 0.002 to 505 g ha(-1) h(-1) (camphene from garrigue in Spain in autumn and isoprene from riverside habitats in Spain in late spring; respectively). Emissions of isoprene ranged from 0.3 to 505 g ha(-1) h (1) (macchia in Italy in late spring and autumn; and riverside in Spain in late spring; respectively) and alpha -pinene emissions ranged from 0.51 to 52.92 g ha(-1) h(-1) (garrigue in Spain in late spring, and forest in France in autumn; respectively). Habitat fluxes of most compounds in autumn were greater than in late spring, dominated by emissions from Quercus ilex, Genista scorpius and Quercus pubescens. This study contributes to regional emission inventories and will be of use to tropospheric chemical modellers. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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