Methyl chloride emissions from halophyte leaf litter: Dependence on temperature and chloride content

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• 作者：Leonie Derendorp^a ; ^{lderendorp@gmail.com} ; Asher Wishkerman^b ; Frank Keppler^c ; Colin McRoberts^d ; Rupert Holzinger^a ; Thomas Rö ; ckmann^a
• 关键词：Methyl chloride ; Halophyte ; Leaf litter ; Chloride content ; Temperature dependence
• 刊名：Chemosphere
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：15_00456535
• 类别：env
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：87
• 期：5
• 页码：483-489
• 文件大小：346 K

摘要

Methyl chloride (CH₃Cl) is the most abundant natural chlorine containing compound in the atmosphere, and responsible for a significant fraction of stratospheric ozone destruction. Understanding the global CH₃Cl budget is therefore of great importance. However, the strength of the individual sources and sinks is still uncertain. Leaf litter is a potentially important source of methyl chloride, but factors controlling the emissions are unclear. This study investigated CH₃Cl emissions from leaf litter of twelve halophyte species. The emissions were not due to biological activity, and emission rates varied between halophyte species up to two orders of magnitude. For all species, the CH₃Cl emission rates increased with temperature following the Arrhenius relation. Activation energies were similar for all investigated plant species, indicating that even though emissions vary largely between plant species, their response to changing temperatures is similar. The chloride and methoxyl group contents of the leaf litter samples were determined, but those parameters were not significantly correlated to the CH₃Cl emission rate.