No evidence for substantial aerobic methane emission by terrestrial plants:: a 13C-labelling approach

被引:113
作者
Dueck, Tom A.
de Visser, Ries
Poorter, Hendrik
Persijn, Stefan
Gorissen, Antonie
de Visser, Willem
Schapendonk, Ad
Verhagen, Jan
Snel, Jan
Harren, Frans J. M.
Ngai, Anthony K. Y.
Verstappen, Francel
Bouwmeester, Harro
Voesenek, Laurentius A. C. J.
van der Werf, Adrie
机构
[1] Plant Res Int, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
[2] IsoLife, NL-6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
[3] Univ Utrecht, NL-3508 TB Utrecht, Netherlands
[4] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
[5] Plant Dynam, NL-6703 EW Wageningen, Netherlands
关键词
C-13-labelling; climate change; methane emission;
D O I
10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02103.x
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
The results of a single publication stating that terrestrial plants emit methane has sparked a discussion in several scientific journals, but an independent test has not yet been performed. Here it is shown, with the use of the stable isotope C-13 and a laser-based measuring technique, that there is no evidence for substantial aerobic methane emission by terrestrial plants, maximally 0.3% (0.4 ng g(-1) h(-1)) of the previously published values. Data presented here indicate that the contribution of terrestrial plants to global methane emission is very small at best. Therefore, a revision of carbon sequestration accounting practices based on the earlier reported contribution of methane from terrestrial vegetation is redundant.
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