Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2015, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (03): 311-318.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-2861.2015.01.010

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Partial pressure and diffusion flux of dissolved carbon dioxide in the main stream of the Three Gorge Reservoir and the Caotang River in summer

WU Xue-qian1, CAO Man1, FU Jia-nan1, WEI Hao-bin1, JIA Xiao-bin1,DENG Bing2, WANG Fu-shun1   

  1. 1. School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University,Shanghai 200444, China;2. State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University,Shanghai 200062,China
  • Received:2015-05-20 Online:2015-06-22 Published:2015-06-22

Abstract: From May 2013 to July 2013, monthly cruise investigation was conducted to study the partial pressure of dissolved carbon dioxide (pCO2) in the main stream of the Three Gorge Reservoir and its tributary, the Caotang River. The results show that pCO2 in the surface water of the Caotang River varied from 15.8 to 226.4 Pa, and 198.8 to 261.1 Pa for the main stream of the Three Gorge Reservoir. Along the water column of the Caotang River, the lowest value of pCO2 in surface water was 15.8 Pa, and increased rapidly with the depth, and kept stable below 5 m with a maximum value of 294.2 Pa. According to calculations, emission fluxes of CO2 in the Caotang River in the period of investigation were about 16.46, 4.91 and 30.85 mmol m−2·d−1, respectively. In the main stream of the
Three Gorge Reservoir, this flux was 48.54 mmol·m2·d−1. The results show that the main stream of the Three Gorge Reservoir is a source for atmospheric CO2, and the tributary Caotang River emits less CO2 than the main stream, even a sink for atmospheric CO2 on June.

Key words: diffusion flux of carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas, partial pressure of carbon dioxide, the Caotang River, the Three Gorge Reservoir

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