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DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1809790115 |
Termite mounds mitigate half of termite methane emissions | |
Nauer, Philipp A.1; Hutley, Lindsay B.2; Arndt, Stefan K.1 | |
2018-12-26 | |
发表期刊 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
ISSN | 0027-8424 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 115期号:52页码:13306-13311 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Australia |
英文摘要 | Termites are responsible for similar to 1 to 3% of global methane (CH4) emissions. However, estimates of global termite CH4 emissions span two orders of magnitude, suggesting that fundamental knowledge of CH4 turnover processes in termite colonies is missing. In particular, there is little reliable information on the extent and location of microbial CH4 oxidation in termite mounds. Here, we use a one-box model to unify three independent field methods-a gas-tracer test, an inhibitor approach, and a stable-isotope technique- and quantify CH4 production, oxidation, and transport in three North Australian termite species with different feeding habits and mound architectures. We present systematic in situ evidence of widespread CH4 oxidation in termite mounds, with 20 to 80% of termite-produced CH4 being mitigated before emission to the atmosphere. Furthermore, closing the CH4 mass balance in mounds allows us to estimate in situ termite biomass from CH4 turnover, with mean biomass ranging between 22 and 86 g of termites per kilogram of mound for the three species. Field tests with excavated mounds show that the predominant location of CH4 oxidation is either in the mound material or the soil beneath and is related to species-specific mound porosities. Regardless of termite species, however, our data and model suggest that the fraction of oxidized CH4 (fox) remains well buffered due to links among consumption, oxidation, and transport processes via mound CH4 concentration. The mean f(ox) of 0.50 +/- 0.11 (95% CI) from in situ measurements therefore presents a valid oxidation factor for future global estimates of termite CH4 emissions. |
英文关键词 | termite mounds methane oxidation methanotrophs termite biomass methane emissions |
领域 | 地球科学 ; 气候变化 ; 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000454302600073 |
WOS关键词 | ESTIMATING POPULATION-SIZE ; MBALMAYO FOREST RESERVE ; IN-SITU QUANTIFICATION ; PUSH-PULL TESTS ; GLOBAL METHANE ; METHANOTROPHIC ACTIVITY ; OXIDATION ; CH4 ; FIELD ; BIOMASS |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/205039 |
专题 | 地球科学 资源环境科学 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Melbourne, Sch Ecosyst & Forest Sci, Richmond, Vic 3121, Australia; 2.Charles Darwin Univ, Res Inst Environm & Livelihoods, Casuarina, NT 0810, Australia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Nauer, Philipp A.,Hutley, Lindsay B.,Arndt, Stefan K.. Termite mounds mitigate half of termite methane emissions[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,2018,115(52):13306-13311. |
APA | Nauer, Philipp A.,Hutley, Lindsay B.,&Arndt, Stefan K..(2018).Termite mounds mitigate half of termite methane emissions.PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,115(52),13306-13311. |
MLA | Nauer, Philipp A.,et al."Termite mounds mitigate half of termite methane emissions".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 115.52(2018):13306-13311. |
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