| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1685-1687 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | New Phytologist |
| Volume | 222 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs |
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| State | Published - Jun 2019 |
Keywords
- carbon flux
- ecosystem ecology
- eddy-covariance
- methane
- micrometerology
- photosynthesis
- respiration
- water
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physiology
- Plant Science
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In: New Phytologist, Vol. 222, No. 4, 06.2019, p. 1685-1687.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Growth and opportunities in networked synthesis through AmeriFlux
AU - Keenan, Trevor F.
AU - Moore, David J.P.
AU - Desai, Ankur
N1 - Funding Information: Many thanks are due to the researchers of the AmeriFlux Network, who share their data with the broader scientific community to stimulate research on ecosystem science. Thanks also to Marilyn Saarni, whose detailed notes helped formulate this report. The workshop was hosted by the AmeriFlux Management Project, under funds provided by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the US Department of Energy. Funding Information: 2019 is the Year of Methane – AmeriFlux’s first ‘Action Theme Year’, in collaboration with independent efforts led by Rob Jackson (Syracuse University, Sherman Oaks, CA, USA) funded by the Moore Foundation and a US Geological Survey Powell Center grant. Wetlands are the largest natural global methane source (40% of global methane sources are natural), but there is great variety in wetlands, and participants stressed the need for protocols to classify wetlands incorporating genomics (microbes), soil, vegetation class and type (e.g. aerenchymous vs non-aerenchymous). Despite a recent boom in the number of measurements of ecosystem methane fluxes being made, few have made their way into global databases. This, along with a lack of detailed ancillary measurements, greatly limits analyses. Challenges include the spatial/temporal variability in methane flux measurements, and the ability to measure methane flux meaningfully at low flux sites. Sara Knox (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) and Gavin McNicol (Stanford University, CA, USA) described the current state of methane flux research, and highlighted the need for global methane data products, the importance of exploring chamber measurements vs eddy-covariance for mechanistic insights, and the need to develop standardization and protocols. Most importantly, they stressed the urgent need to leverage the tools and experience of regional flux networks to integrate methane into the global network of regional eddy-covariance flux networks, FLUXNET.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
KW - carbon flux
KW - ecosystem ecology
KW - eddy-covariance
KW - methane
KW - micrometerology
KW - photosynthesis
KW - respiration
KW - water
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U2 - 10.1111/nph.15835
DO - 10.1111/nph.15835
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 31066074
AN - SCOPUS:85065499441
SN - 0028-646X
VL - 222
SP - 1685
EP - 1687
JO - New Phytologist
JF - New Phytologist
IS - 4
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