文摘
Nitrous oxide (N<sub>2sub>O) is one of the main greenhouse gases, which contributes to the global warming and ozone destruction. Sediment cores and river water were collected from an urban and a suburban river for N<sub>2sub>O efflux measurement at the sediment-water interface and the factor-controlled incubations to investigating the N<sub>2sub>O effluxes under varying conditions of dissolved oxygen (DO), ammonium (NH<sub>4sub> +), nitrate (NO<sub>3sub> ?/sup>) and sulfate (SO<sub>4sub> 2?/sup>). Vertical profiles of dissolved N<sub>2sub>O concentrations in pore water were also acquired at eight depths. Results show that N<sub>2sub>O effluxes were higher at the urban site (13.01 ± 6.51 μg N m? h?) than the suburban site (4.02 ± 2.01 μg N m? h?). Oxygen consumption rates were optimal under high DO and NH<sub>4sub> + amendment incubation, highlighting the strong nitrification potential in the sediment surface. Although N<sub>2sub>O effluxes at the urban site increased with the NO<sub>3sub> ?/sup> concentration under low DO condition, DO and NH<sub>4sub> + concentrations in overlying water were the principal factors controlling N<sub>2sub>O effluxes (R = ?.415, p = 0.000 and R = 0.512, p < 0.05, respectively), indicating that nitrification greatly contributed to N<sub>2sub>O production, especially at suburban river. Generally, N<sub>2sub>O efflux was substantially higher in the severely polluted urban river, and the sediments were the source of N<sub>2sub>O in river water. Keywords Nitrous oxide Production River sediment Factors Urbanization area