Table 2 The median/mean, and range of greenhouse gas fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), and water chemical-physical properties from drainage ditches in first and second rotation in Sarawak, Malaysia.

From: Greenhouse gas emissions from ditches in oil palm plantations on tropical peatlands in Malaysia

 

First rotation (n = 57)

Second rotation (n = 29)

Combined (n = 86)

Median/mean

Range

Median/mean

Range

Median/mean

Range

CO2 g m−2 d−1

17.1/17.1

4.4–42.8

16.7/17.1

2.2–38.9

17.1/17.1

2.2–42.8

CH4 total g m−2 d−1

0.19/0.34

0.004–2.66

0.07/0.42

0.004–2.83

0.18/0.37

0.004–2.83

CH4 diffusive g m−2 d−1

0.09/0.14

0.004–0.67

0.02/0.08

0.004–0.6

0.06/0.12

0.004–0.67

CH4 ebullitive g m−2 d−1

0.07/0.20

0–2.67

0.01/0.34

0–2.82

0.04/0.25

0–2.82

N2O mg m−2 d−1

− 0.08/− 0.03

− 0.53–0.38

− 0.16/− 0.20

− 0.16–0.07

− 0.12/− 0.09

− 0.53–0.38

pH

3.60/3.62

3.54–3.92

3.70/3.73

3.61–4.07

3.63/3.66

3.54–4.07

Oxidation–reduction potential

346.0/338.5

175.6–452.2

306.0/284.8

156–366.1

323.4/320.4

156–425.2

Water temperature (℃)

29.9/30.1

28.1–33.1

28.7/28.7

27.5–29.8

29.2/29.6

27.5–33.1

Dissolved oxygen concentration (mg L−1)

0.90/1.66

0.17–6.1

0.46/0.85

0.21–4.05

0.83/1.39

0.17–6.1

Electrical conductivity (µS cm−1)

88.0/85.7

60.8–92.5

83.8/83.8

72.3–90.9

87.3/85.1

60.8–92.5

Water depth (cm)

55.0/54.4

30–78

47.0/46.6

26–67

50.0/51.8

26–78