Gas Transfer Velocities Evaluated Using Carbon Dioxide as a Tracer Show High Streamflow to Be a Major Driver of Total CO<sub>2</sub> Evasion Flux for a Headwater Stream
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Abstract
Abstract Evasion of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from headwater streams is a dominant process controlling the fate of terrestrially derived carbon in inland waters. However, limitations of sampling techniques inhibit efforts to accurately characterize CO 2 evasion from streams, and particularly headwater streams with steep gradients, complex morphologies, and challenging terrain. CO 2 source dynamics coupled with turbulence conditions control gas transfer velocities of CO 2 ( ) and therefore drive CO 2 evasion. We present estimates of and CO 2 evasion from a steep, turbulent headwater stream in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, collected using an automated in situ CO 2 tracer technique. Gas transfer velocities scaled positively with discharge, with a median of 36.8 m/day and a range of 13.5 to 169 m/day. Gas transfer velocities were highest during high‐flow events, with 84% of all CO 2 emissions occurring when discharge was higher than Q 50 , the median discharge (92.6 L/s). Widely used models overestimated gas transfer velocities with a mean relative error of 24% but underestimated k 600 values above 165 m/day. Our determinations of gas transfer velocities for a range of streamflow suggest that CO 2 evasion may be higher than previously estimated from direct measurements or models, particularly during high‐flow events. These findings illustrate the need for direct, frequent, in situ determinations of to accurately characterize CO 2 evasion dynamics in steep headwater streams.
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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