Citation
Lim, Liza Nuriati Kim Choo
(2014)
Greenhouse gas emission partitioning and carbon leaching in drained tropical peatland, Saratok, Malaysia.
Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Abstract
Pineapple cultivation on tropical peats will lead to the release of greenhouse gases
into the atmosphere and also the leaching of dissolved organic carbon once the peat
is drained. Greenhouse gases need to be partitioned into microbial respiration and
root respiration before deciding on whether a peat soil cultivated with pineapples are
a net sink or source of atmospheric greenhouse gases as 90% of pineapples are
widely grown in peat soils of Malaysia. Partitioning of carbon dioxide, methane, and
nitrous oxides into root respiration, microbial respiration, and oxidative peat
decomposition were achieved using a field lysimeter experiment with three
treatments under controlled water table condition: (a) root respiration, microbial
respiration, and peat decomposition (peat soil cultivated with Moris pineapple), (b)
microbial respiration and peat decomposition (bare peat soil), and (c) peat physical
oxidation due to shrinkage and consolidation (bare peat soil treated with chloroform).
Dissolved organic carbon leached from peat drainage water was also quantified. The
study was carried out on a drained sapric peat at the Malaysian Agricultural Research
and Development Institute Peat Research Station, Saratok, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Greenhouse gases emitted from the field lysimeters were measured at four hours
interval for 24 hours using the closed chamber method. Flux measurements were
carried during the wet (September 2012, November 2012, and January 2013) and dry
(April 2013 and July 2013) seasons. Laboratory greenhouse gas emissions were also
measured for pineapple roots respiration and microbial respiration using the chamber
and glucose induced respiration method, respectively, to validate data from field
experiments. Results from the study suggested that greenhouse gas emissions from
drained peats cultivated with Moris pineapple contributed 93.4% to carbon dioxide
emission, followed by 6.2% of nitrous oxide emission but with a lower methane
emission at 0.3%. Microbial respiration and peat decomposition were responsible for
36% carbon dioxide emission. Pineapple roots respiration, microbial respiration, and
peat decomposition contributed largely to 39% nitrous oxide emission but were
responsible for 30% methane emission. Increase in dissolved organic carbon from
microbial respiration and peat decomposition (235.7 mg/L) suggested rapid oxidation
of organic matter through heterotrophic microbial activities. Soil carbon dioxide
emissions were regulated by moderate temperature fluctuation throughout wet and
dry seasons, but it was not affected by soil moisture. Nitrous oxide and methane emissions were neither affected by soil temperature nor by soil moisture. It is hoped
that the findings from the study will provide improved approaches for the
measurement of greenhouse gas emission in drained tropical peatland. Information
obtained from partitioning respiration components will also provide insights on the
possible future mitigation measures in controlling greenhouse gas emissions from
drained tropical peats cultivated with pineapple.
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