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Annual Carbon Budget of Biogenic Greenhouse Gases under Mixed Land Use: Lgov District as a Model Object of the Central Chernozem Zone of Russia

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A comprehensive study of the net annual balance of biogenic carbon-containing greenhouse gases has been performed for Lgov administrative district (Kursk oblast) in the chernozem zone of the European part of Russia. The data sources include field estimates of carbon dioxide and methane exchange between soil and atmosphere, above- and below-ground phytomass stocks, models parameterized on these data, official statistical and meteorological information, and published scientific sources. Sugar industry wastewater treatment infiltration fields are responsible for 26% of CH4 emissions from the territory of the district, although they occupy only 0.04% of its area. The maximum of CO2 emission from soils is observed at the soil water content of 30 vol %; above this value, methane emission begins to rise linearly reaching its maximum in waterlogged habitats, including those of infiltration fields. Another significant local source of methane is compost storages (22%). However, water reservoirs, oxbow lakes and ponds are the largest local source of CH4 (43%). Among the main net sources of CO2 emission, the combustion of fossil fuels by transport and agricultural machinery predominates (22.3%). In contrast to methane, whose emission is mainly determined by powerful point sources, the input of net fluxes of CO2 positively correlates with their area. Currently observed relatively small net CO2 flux in the district area (–6.4 g C m–2 per year) is decisively overlapped by local methane sources (+95 g C–CO2 equiv m–2 per year). The influence of the land use and methods of calculation on the C balance of the territory under study and a way of its transformation into a carbon-neutral state are discussed.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors are grateful to all colleagues participated in this study. We are especially grateful to an employee of the Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.I. Grabovskii for his help with calculations using the CBM-CFS3 model.

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This study was financially supported by the Innovative Project of National Importance aimed at creating a unified national monitoring system for climate-active substances in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation no. 25-15r from September 2, 2022. Chromatographic analysis was performed within the framework of state assignment FMGE-2019-0006 of the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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    D. V. Karelin, O. E. Sukhoveeva, A. S. Dobryanskiy & I. V. Zamotaev

  2. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    M. V. Glagolev

  3. Yugra State University, 628012, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

    A. F. Sabrekov

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Karelin, D.V., Sukhoveeva, O.E., Glagolev, M.V. et al. Annual Carbon Budget of Biogenic Greenhouse Gases under Mixed Land Use: Lgov District as a Model Object of the Central Chernozem Zone of Russia. Eurasian Soil Sc. 56, 1043–1054 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229323600872

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