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No evidence for substantial aerobic methane emission by terrestrial plants: a 13C-labelling approach
- Source :
- New Phytologist 175 (2007) 1, New Phytologist, 175, 1, pp. 29-35, New Phytologist, 175, 29-35, New Phytologist, 175(1), 29-35
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Contains fulltext : 35312.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) 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.
- Subjects :
- Greenhouse Effect
Physiology
ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species
Plant Science
Carbon sequestration
PRI Gewas- en Productie-ecologie
surprise
Wageningen UR Glastuinbouw
PRI Agrosysteemkunde
Methane
chemistry.chemical_compound
Species Specificity
Labelling
Terrestrial plant
Laboratorium voor Plantenfysiologie
Leerstoelgroep Gewas- en onkruidecologie
Greenhouse effect
Carbon Isotopes
ved/biology
Ecology
Stable isotope ratio
Accounting practices
EPS-3
Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture
Lasers
Plants
Aerobiosis
PRI Crop and Production Ecology
PRI Bioscience
Kinetics
chemistry
Environmental chemistry
Isotope Labeling
Environmental science
Agrosystems
Terrestrial vegetation
Molecular and Laser Physics
Crop and Weed Ecology
Laboratory of Plant Physiology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0028646X
- Volume :
- 175
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The New phytologistReferences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8a39332fa7df5f86ca2798d8029c78fd