CO2 concentration and flux near ground in marsh of the Sanjiang plain of Northeast China

There is limited information available on CO₂ concentration and flux over marsh. The objective of this work was to characterize CO₂ concentration and flux within and above marsh plant (Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. and C. pseudocuraica F. Schm) canopy at heights 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 m. CO₂ concentration was measured sequentially every 3 hours by using an infrared gas analyzer. Soil and air temperature, wind speed, net radiation and soil heat flux were also measured simultaneously. Extremely daily minimum and maximum CO₂ concentration ranged from 250 to 754 μmd/mol for the 4-year work. The typical minimum and maximum values ranged from 314 to 464 μmol/mol at the height of marsh plant (about 0.5 m) during the fruiting period and mature date. The seasonal changes in CO₂ concentration show that the minimum CO₂ concentration occurred in the fruiting period and mature date, and both of their minimum values were 314 μmol/mol. This illustrates that CO₂ consumed by photosynthesis was stable during the period. The flux of CO₂ can be thought as a turbulent diffusion phenomenon. By micrometeorological methods, the diurnal CO₂ fluxes were measured in the flowering period, fruiting period, early mature date, late mature date and yellow-ripe stage. Their values were −0.18, 38.15,24.13,10.9 and 4.91 μmol/mol respectively.