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Greenhouse gas emissions and comprehensive greenhouse effect potential of Megalobrama amblycephala culture pond ecosystems in a 3-month growing season

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In this study, we assess the greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse effect potential of a Wuchang bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) aquaculture. We used the ‘static opaque chamber-gas chromatography method’ to determine in situ emissions of greenhouse gases in the 3-month growing season (CO2, CH4, and N2O) from bream culturing ponds. We detected emissions of all three gases from the ponds, with CO2 emission far exceeding the other gases in the 3-month growing season (CO2 = 278.54 ± 36.41 g/m2, CH4 = 23.73 ± 5.27 g/m2, and N2O = 1.69 ± 0.32 g/m2). We calculated that in one growing season this ecosystem would have a total emission of CO2 equivalent of 15.86 t CO2/hm2, indicating its ability to contribute to global warming via the greenhouse effect.

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Abbreviations

PVC:

Polyvinyl chloride

IPCC:

Intergovernmental panel on climate change

GWP:

Greenhouse effect potential

FCR:

Feed conversion rate

Chamber-GC:

Chamber-gas chromatography

Eh:

Redox potential

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This work was supported by the Open Project of the Key Laboratory of Fishery Equipment and Engineering Technology (2013006), Ministry of Agriculture, and grants from the Agricultural Finance Project ‘Fisheries energy saving and emission reduction advocacy and policy research.’

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  1. Fishery Machinery and Instrument Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Science, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Lin Zhu, Xuan Che, Huang Liu, Xingguo Liu, Chong Liu, Xiaolong Chen & Xu Shi

  2. Key Laboratory of Fishery Equipment and Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Lin Zhu, Xuan Che, Huang Liu, Xingguo Liu, Chong Liu, Xiaolong Chen & Xu Shi

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Zhu, L., Che, X., Liu, H. et al. Greenhouse gas emissions and comprehensive greenhouse effect potential of Megalobrama amblycephala culture pond ecosystems in a 3-month growing season. Aquacult Int 24, 893–902 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-015-9959-7

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