Estimation of carbon sink fluxes in the Pearl River basin (China) based on a water–rock–gas–organism interaction model

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• 作者：Liankai Zhang ; Xiaoqun Qin ; Pengyu Liu ; Qibo Huang…
• 关键词：Karst carbon sink ; Aquatic organism ; Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) ; Pearl River basin
• 刊名：Environmental Earth Sciences
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：July 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：74
• 期：2
• 页码：945-952
• 全文大小：2,309 KB
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• 作者单位：Liankai Zhang (1) (2) (3)
  Xiaoqun Qin (3)
  Pengyu Liu (3)
  Qibo Huang (3)
  Funing Lan (3)
  Hongbing Ji (2)
  
  1. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550002, China
  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
  3. Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin, 541004, China
  
• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：None Assigned
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1866-6299

文摘

Carbon sequestration resulting from carbonate rock weathering is closely linked to the global carbon cycle and has turned out to be important in the adjustment of atmospheric CO2 levels. Traditional karst dynamic models based on water–rock–gas interactions underestimate carbon sink fluxes related to carbonate rock weathering because they ignore the utilization of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) by aquatic organisms. In this study, a new model based on water–rock–gas–organism interactions was applied in the Pearl River basin, China, to recalculate atmospheric CO2 consumption and to develop an accurate estimation model for carbon sink fluxes at catchment scale. Stable carbon isotope (δ13C) and C/N ratios were used in the counting processes. Data were collected from published literature as well as through field investigation and laboratory analysis. Results show that the Pearl River carbon sink in the Pearl River is 4.31?×?109 kg/a, i.e., 15.8?×?109 kg of atmospheric CO2 per year. Of this, the carbon sink resulting from carbonate rock weathering amounts to 2.14?×?109?kg/a, i.e., 49.7?% of the total. The three largest tributaries of Pearl River, Dongjiang, Beijiang, and Xijiang, respectively absorb 0.5?×?109, 1.19?×?109, and 2.62?×?109?kg of carbon from the atmosphere annually, accounting for 12, 28 and 60?% of the river’s total carbon sink. When compared with the results of previous researches that disregarded the role of aquatic organisms, the new calculation method provides a carbon sink flux value that is 1.2-.3 times higher, and 1.6 times higher on an average. To improve the calculation accuracy of atmospheric CO2 consumption in global karstic rivers, further research is needed regarding carbon sequestration mechanisms that involve aquatic organisms.