Carbon Dioxide and Methane in Soils ans Atmosphere of Swamp Ecosystems in West Siberia
A. V. NAUMOV
Abstract
Summarized data on emission of carbon dioxide and methane obtained according to the standardized method during studies of various types of swamp ecosystems in sub-zones of northern, middle and southern taiga are considered. Average estimates of carbon dioxide and methane content in the surface layer of the atmosphere and in swamp waters have been obtained. The influence of natural ecological and techno-genus factors (conditions) on their time course and distribution in the direction of latitude-zonal climatic gradient is discussed. It is concluded that in the atmosphere there is a considerable proportion of mineral methane under the conditions of intense exploitation of petroleum and gas dew posits of West Siberia. The role of northern swamps in the global (planetary) cycle of carbon oxides is discussed. Important peculiarities and causes of degradation phenomena in northern swamp provinces resulting in formation of the so-called "rimpi" have been elucidated.
