Carbon Dioxide Fluxes to the Atmosphere From Waters Within Flooded Forests in the Amazon Basin

Amaral, Joao Henrique Fernandes; Melack, John M.; Barbosa, Pedro Maia; MacIntyre, Sally; Kasper, Daniele; Cortés, Alicia; Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire; Nunes de Sousa, Rodrigo; Forsberg, Bruce R.

doi:10.1029/2019jg005293

Title: Carbon Dioxide Fluxes to the Atmosphere From Waters Within Flooded Forests in the Amazon Basin

Journal Article · 20 January 2020 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Biogeosciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jg005293 · OSTI ID:1804026

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Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States); Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Amazonas (Brazil); OSTI
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
University of Stirling (United Kingdom)
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Amazonas (Brazil)

Aquatic habitats in the lowland Amazon emit large quantities of carbon dioxide (CO₂). However, information on CO₂ fluxes from seasonally flooded forests that constitute 80% of the surface area of aquatic environments in the lowland Amazon basin is sparse. We provide the first multi-year measurements of CO₂ exchanges within flooded forests of the central Amazon basin. Our approach combines measurement of dissolved CO₂ concentrations and fluxes between the water and atmosphere and ecological data. Although the rates of CO₂ emission by flooded forests are lower than other aquatic habitats, such as open waters in rivers and lakes, the combination of high CO₂ concentrations and a large area results in an appreciable regional out gassing of carbon dioxide from flooded forests. These fluxes can represent about half of the net primary production of flooded forests in the central Amazon basin.

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Research Organization:: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1804026

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Biogeosciences, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research. Biogeosciences Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 125; ISSN 2169-8953

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Language:: English

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