Table 2 Comparison of soil CO2 emission fluxes in plateau wetlands in different regions.

From: Soil respiration and its response to climate change and anthropogenic factors in a karst plateau wetland, southwest China

Region

Method

Research period

Type

CO2 emission flux kg·C·ha−1·yr−1

References

Tibetan plateau

CS

2012–2014

Tibetan Plateau fen

1289–1933

34

Tibetan Plateau wet meadow

2815–3429

Plateau meadow

6634–7091

Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

EC

2004

Alpine wetland meadow

6768

33

2005

7264

2006

8082

Bayinbuluk alpine wetland

ACS

 

Alpine wetland

6780

35

Qilian mountains

EC

2014–2016 growing season

Alpine wetland

4059 ± 89

29

Qinghai lake

EC

2011.07–2013.06

Alpine wetland

3954.5

36

Chinese loess plateau

CS

2019

Semiarid hard-water reservoir

1124.2–6398.45

37

Tibet plateau

headspace equilibration method

2019–2021

Thermokarst lakes

1433.46

38

Lake Taihu

headspace equilibration method

2000–2015

Lake

797.16

39

Caohai wetland

ACS + DNDC

2000–2019

Alpine karst wetland

5886.07 ± 170.27

This study

  1. EC means eddy covariance, CS means chamber system, and ACS means automatic chamber system.