Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 56, Issue 22, Pages 16494-16505Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06405
Keywords
dissolved organic matter (DOM); CH4; reservoir; FT-ICR MS; CO2
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41930760, 42207447, 42071118, 41977322]
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS [2021312]
- NIGLAS Foundation [E1SL002, 2022SKL008]
- Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu [BK20220162, BK20220041]
- Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation [BX2021325]
- TUBITAK program [BIDEB2232, 118C250]
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The study found that rainstorms can increase the emission of CO2 and CH4 in reservoirs by triggering the input and decomposition of fresh terrestrially derived biolabile DOM. The increase in FCO2 and FCH4 is related to elevated nitrogen and phosphorus levels, DOM absorption, and terrestrial humic-like fluorescence. Additionally, FCO2 and FCH4 decrease with higher chlorophyll-a, dissolved oxygen, and pH levels.
Large reservoirs are hotspots for carbon emissions, and the continued input and decomposition of terrestrial dissolved organic matter (DOM) from upstream catchments is an important source of carbon emissions. Rainstorm events can cause a surge in DOM input; however, periodic sampling often fails to fully capture the impact of these discrete rainstorm events on carbon emissions. We conducted a set of frequent observations prior to and following a rainstorm event in a major reservoir Lake Qiandao (China; 580 km(2)) from June to July 2021 to investigate how rainstorms alter water chemistry and CO2 and CH4 emissions. We found that the mean CO2 efflux (FCO2) (13.2 +/- 9.3 mmol m(-)(2) d(-1)) and CH4 efflux (FCH4) (0.12 +/- 0.02 mmol m(-2) d(-1)) in the postrainstorm campaign were significantly higher than those in the prerainstorm campaign (-3.8 +/- 3.0 and +0.06 +/- 0.02 mmol m(-)(2) d(-)(1), respectively). FCO2 and FCH4 increased with increasing nitrogen and phosphorus levels, elevated DOM absorption (a(350)), specific UV absorbance SUVA(254), and terrestrial humic-like fluorescence. Furthermore, FCO2 and FCH4 decreased with increasing chlorophyll-a (Chl-a), dissolved oxygen (DO), and pH. A five-day laboratory anoxic bioincubation experiment further revealed a depletion of terrestrial-DOM concurrent with increased CO2 and CH4 production. We conclude that rainstorms boost the emission of CO2 and CH4 fueled by the surge and decomposition of fresh terrestrially derived biolabile DOM in this and likely many other reservoir's major inflowing river mouths.
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