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Title: The effect of flooding on the exchange of the volatile C 2-compounds ethanol, acetaldehyde and acetic acid between leaves of Amazonian floodplain tree species and the atmosphere
Authors: Rottenberger, Stefanie
Kleiss, Betina
Kühn, Uwe
Wolf, Annette
Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez
Junk, Wolfgang Johannes
Kesselmeier, Jürgen
Keywords: Acetaldehyde
Acetic Acid
Aeration
Biogenic Emission
Comparative Study
Ethanol
Flooding
Floodplain
Leaf
Root Architecture
Transpiration
Volatile Organic Compound
Issue Date: 2008
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: Biogeosciences
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Volume 5, Número 4, Pags. 1085-1100
Abstract: The effect of root inundation on the leaf emissions of ethanol, acetaldehyde and acetic acid in relation to assimilation and transpiration was investigated with 2ĝ€"3 years old tree seedlings of four Amazonian floodplain species by applying dynamic cuvette systems under greenhouse conditions. Emissions were monitored over a period of several days of inundation using a combination of Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS) and conventional techniques (HPLC, ion chromatography). Under non-flooded conditions, none of the species exhibited measurable emissions of any of the compounds, but rather low deposition of acetaldehyde and acetic acid was observed instead. Tree species specific variations in deposition velocities were largely due to variations in stomatal conductance. Flooding of the roots resulted in leaf emissions of ethanol and acetaldehyde by all species, while emissions of acetic acid were only observed from the species exhibiting the highest ethanol and acetaldehyde emission rates. All three compounds showed a similar diurnal emission profile, each displaying an emission burst in the morning, followed by a decline in the evening. This concurrent behavior supports the conclusion, that all three compounds emitted by the leaves are derived from ethanol produced in the roots by alcoholic fermentation, transported to the leaves with the transpiration stream and finally partly converted to acetaldehyde and acetic acid by enzymatic processes. Co-emissions and peaking in the early morning suggest that root ethanol, after transportation with the transpiration stream to the leaves and enzymatic oxidation to acetaldehyde and acetate, is the metabolic precursor for all compounds emitted, though we can not totally exclude other production pathways. Emission rates substantially varied among tree species, with maxima differing by up to two orders of magnitude (25ĝ€"1700 nmol m−2 min −1 for ethanol and 5ĝ€"500 nmol m −2 min−1 for acetaldehyde). Acetic acid emissions reached 12 nmol m−2 min −1. The observed differences in emission rates between the tree species are discussed with respect to their root adaptive strategies to tolerate long term flooding, providing an indirect line of evidence that the root ethanol production is a major factor determining the foliar emissions. Species which develop morphological root structures allowing for enhanced root aeration produced less ethanol and showed much lower emissions compared to species which lack gas transporting systems, and respond to flooding with substantially enhanced fermentation rates and a non-trivial loss of carbon to the atmosphere. The pronounced differences in the relative emissions of ethanol to acetaldehyde and acetic acid between the tree species indicate that not only the ethanol production in the roots but also the metabolic conversion in the leaf is an important factor determining the release of these compounds to the atmosphere.
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.5194/bg-5-1085-2008
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