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JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 1286-1295.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2016.00029

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Coupling Relationships Between Alpine Wetland Ecosystem CO2 and Vapor Fluxes around the Qinghai Lake

Cao Shengkui1,2, Cao Guangchao1, Chen Kelong1, Feng Qi1,2, Li Zhongqing2, Zhang Jing1, Han Gaungzhao1, Lin Yangyang1   

  1. 1. College of Life and Geographical Science/Qinghai Province Key Laboratory of Physical Geography and Environmental Process, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810008, China;
    2. Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • Received:2015-12-23 Revised:2016-03-07 Online:2016-09-20 Published:2016-09-20

Abstract: This paper studied the coupling relationships between alpine wetland ecosystem CO2 fluxes and vapor fluxes on the different time scales with the eddy covariance techniques in Qinghai Lake. Results showed that alpine wetland ecosystem half-hour CO2 fluxes and vapor fluxes in Qinghai Lake existed in extreme significant negative relationships (P<0.0001), as well as extreme significant and positive linear relationships between half-hour gross ecosystem productivities (GEPs) and vapor fluxes, which the ratio of vapor fluxes participating in ecosystem net CO2 exchanges (NEE) and ecosystem total carbon absorption in the cloudy days was highest. The alpine wetland ecosystem monthly average half-hour NEEs and vapor fluxes showed an extreme significant negative relationship (R2=0.71,P<0.0001). From vegetation green up stage, growing stage to wilt stage, monthly average half-hour GEPs and vapor fluxes not only showed extreme significant positive linear relationship(P<0.0001), but also a quadratic polynomial one(P<0.0001) at growing stage and withering stage. On the daily scale, the alpine wetland ecosystem daily total NEE and evapotranspiration in Qinghai Lake existed in an extreme significant negative a quadratic polynomial nonlinear relationship (R2=0.58,P<0.0001). The alpine wetland ecosystem daily total GEP and evapotranspiration showed an extreme significant positive exponential correlation (R2=0.42,P<0.0001). On the monthly scale, the alpine wetland ecosystem monthly total NEE and evapotranspiration in Qinghai Lake showed an extreme significant negative linear relationship (R2=0.60,P<0.0001), as well as a quadratic polynomial nonlinear negative relationship (R2=0.63,P<0.0001). The alpine wetland ecosystem monthly total GEPs and evapotranspiration showed an extreme significant positive linear correlation (R2=0.51,P<0.0001) as well as a positive exponential relationship (R2=0.64,P<0.0001).

Key words: ecosystem net CO2 exchange, gross ecosystem productivity(GEP), vapor flux, coupling relationships, alpine wetland, Qinghai Lake

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