Methyl chloride emissions from halophyte leaf litter: dependence on temperature and chloride content |
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Authors: | Derendorp Leonie Wishkerman Asher Keppler Frank McRoberts Colin Holzinger Rupert Röckmann Thomas |
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Affiliation: | a Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584ED Utrecht, The Netherlands b IRTA Aquatic Ecosystems, Carretera Poble Nou Km 5.5, E-43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Catalonia, Spain c Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Joh.-Joachim-Becher-Weg 2, 55128 Mainz, Germany d Food Chemistry Branch, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | Methyl chloride Halophyte Leaf litter Chloride content Temperature dependence |
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