草原畜牧业温室气体排放现状、问题及展望

草原畜牧业生产系统是一个涉及环境、经济、社会多层面、且系统内部气候-土壤-草地-家畜-管理之间相互作用的复杂的社会生态系统。草原不仅为人类提供所需要的肉奶,也提供了多种生态系统服务。然而,草原畜牧业也是主要的温室气体排放源之一。减缓畜牧业温室气体排放的研究已成为当前气候变化科学研究关注的焦点。综述了国内外草原畜牧业温室气体排放研究现状,指出现有研究的不足主要集中在以下3个方面：（1）虽然生命周期评价方法广泛应用于草原畜牧业温室气体排放研究,但是存在诸多问题,导致目前的研究框架体系尚不完善,特别体现在以下几方面：是否考虑外部输入、是否考虑土壤有机碳、畜牧业温室气体排放强度指标的选择等;（2）缺乏单一环节减缓措施对草原畜牧业整体温室气体减排效果的研究;（3）目前对影响草原畜牧业温室气体排放强度的因素主要集中在生态系统层面的分析,忽略了社会系统的作用,无法反映社会系统与生态系统的相互反馈机制,导致机制阐释不完善。综上所述,未来仍需从以下三方面开展研究：（1）完善草原畜牧业研究框架体系及提升研究方法;（2）加强对单一环节减缓措施对草原畜牧业温室气体整体减排效果的综合评价;（3）基于社会生态系统的角度深入研究影响草原畜牧业温室气体排放强度差异的机制。一方面,这有助于深入理解草原畜牧业温室气体排放强度情况,也为低碳型草原畜牧业发展政策的制定提供思路借鉴;另一方面对于科学合理的可持续利用草场和恢复草地生态环境均具有重要意义。     

通量梯度法在温室气体及同位素通量观测研究中的应用与展望

通量梯度法与涡度相关法均是微气象学的物质和能量通量观测方法, 在没有高频气体分析仪或下垫面风浪区较小的情况下, 通量梯度法可以有效观测生态系统(或土壤)与大气之间的温室气体及其同位素通量, 同时也可以作为涡度相关法的配套观测和有益补充。该文回顾了通量梯度法的基本原理、概念和假设, 重点综述了温室气体浓度梯度以及相关湍流扩散系数的观测与计算的方法和理论, 概述了通量梯度法在森林、农田、草地、湿地和水体等生态系统观测温室气体通量的应用进展, 特别是在稳定同位素通量观测中的应用, 最后从影响温室气体和同位素的浓度梯度以及湍流扩散系数测定与计算等方面概述了应用注意事项及建议。     

通量梯度法在温室气体及同位素通量观测研究中的应用与展望

通量梯度法与涡度相关法均是微气象学的物质和能量通量观测方法,在没有高频气体分析仪或下垫面风浪区较小的情况下,通量梯度法可以有效观测生态系统(或土壤)与大气之间的温室气体及其同位素通量,同时也可以作为涡度相关法的配套观测和有益补充。该文回顾了通量梯度法的基本原理、概念和假设,重点综述了温室气体浓度梯度以及相关湍流扩散系数的观测与计算的方法和理论,概述了通量梯度法在森林、农田、草地、湿地和水体等生态系统观测温室气体通量的应用进展,特别是在稳定同位素通量观测中的应用,最后从影响温室气体和同位素的浓度梯度以及湍流扩散系数测定与计算等方面概述了应用注意事项及建议。     

连续筑坝湟水一级支流火烧沟对河流水-气界面温室气体通量的影响研究

梯级水坝改变了河流水文情势, 对水气界面的温室气体排放产生影响。以2018年春夏两季的西宁湟水一级支流火烧沟为例, 探讨水坝修建后, 河流不同梯段温室气体排放通量的时空变化及其影响因素。采用漂浮静态箱-气相色谱法对筑坝区和未筑坝区水-气界面温室气体CH4、CO2、N2O进行观测研究, 结合水文、水质、气象、植物、底泥等指标分析讨论。结果表明: (1)空间上: 筑坝区温室气体的排放量明显高于未筑坝区; 筑坝区以中上游河段排放的温室气体最多。(2)时间上: 梯级水坝CH4和N2O的排放通量呈现夏季明显高于春季的趋势; 而CO2存在明显的源汇变化, 春季为CO2排放的“源”, 夏季为CO2排放的“汇”。(3)各类环境因子对温室气体通量有不同程度的影响。Pearson相关分析结果显示: CH4通量与气温、水温、CODmn呈正相关关系, 与气压、pH、ORP呈负相关关系; CO2通量与水体TOC和水体TN呈正相关关系; N2O通量与CODmn、pH呈正相关关系, 与气压、风速呈负相关关系。逐步多元回归分析结果表示: 以上各因子中, 气压和水体TN分别是影响CH4和CO2的主要因素, 而风速和CODmn是影响N2O通量的主要因素。     

氮输入对天然湿地温室气体通量的影响及机制

天然湿地是温室气体的一个重要排放源、汇和转换器,在稳定全球气候变化中占据着重要的位置。近年来,由于化石燃料的燃烧、氮肥使用、工业废水排放等输入的氮元素,大量进入湿地生态系统,直接或间接地影响着温室气体的生产与排放。本文综述了国内外有关氮输入对天然湿地主要温室气体通量的影响及机制研究进展,重点论述了以下几个方面:1)氮输入对天然湿地主要温室气体通量的影响存在促进、抑制或影响不显著3种情况;2)氮输入对CO2、CH4、N2O产生的控制作用改变了温室气体产生与消耗的微生物过程,提高了湿地生态系统生产力,增加了生物量,影响了周围环境因子;3)天然湿地温室气体通量的变化是输入氮的种类与浓度、土壤理化性质、微生物活性、相关环境因子、氧化还原潜力等因子综合作用的结果。探讨了现有研究存在的主要问题,提出了未来重点研究的方向。     

稻田温室气体排放与土壤微生物菌群的多元回归分析

为揭示多种田间管理措施综合影响下双季稻田温室气体平均排放通量与土壤微生物菌群的多元回归关系,利用静态箱—气相色谱法和稀释培养计数法进行了温室气体排放通量和土壤产气微生物菌群数量的连续观测。两年研究结果显示,稻田甲烷排放通量与土壤微生物总活性和产甲烷菌数量关系密切,甲烷排放通量与二者的关系可分别由指数和二次多项式模型拟合。一元回归分析表明,仅产甲烷菌数量就能单独解释96.9%的稻田甲烷排放通量变异（R2=0.969,P<0.001）,但考虑两种因素以后的二元回归拟合优度高于一元回归（R2=0.975,P<0.001）。氧化亚氮排放通量与土壤硝化细菌和反硝化细菌数量也密切相关（P <0.05）,氧化亚氮排放通量与二者的二元非线性混合回归模型可以解释至少70.4%的稻田氧化亚氮排放通量（R2≥0.704, P <0.001）,其拟合优度也高于一元回归。稻田温室气体排放通量受多种影响因素控制,土壤产气微生物活性和数量是多种因素影响的直接响应,因此二者与温室气体排放存在显著相关,基于田间试验的多元非线性回归分析客观的揭示了温室气体排放通量与环境因子的相关关系。     

基于DNDC模型的稻田温室气体排放通量模拟

理解土地利用方式转变过程影响生态系统生物地球化学循环及温室气体排放的机理,并利用模型模拟土地利用方式转变过程对温室气体通量的影响是一项长期、艰巨的科学任务。本研究基于国际上广泛应用的生物地球化学过程模型(DNDC模型),结合气象、土壤和管理措施等数据,模拟了旱田转水田土地利用方式转变后稻田CH_4、CO_2和N_2O三种温室气体的通量和常年种植水稻的稻田温室气体通量,并将模拟值与观测值进行比较。结果表明:DNDC模型能够较好地模拟新、老稻田温室气体通量的季节变化,但对老稻田温室气体的排放通量模拟效果(R~20. 89,n=40,P0. 01)优于新转稻田(R~20.79,n=265,P0.01),且对CH_4和CO_2的模拟效果优于对N_2O的模拟效果;根据田间观测数据,改变模型模拟土地利用方式转换前后土壤SOC浓度和p H值,并不能完全模拟土地利用变化对温室气体的影响,微生物群落在土地利用方式转变过程中可能发生较大变化,需要在模型中进一步体现。通过模型模拟土地利用方式改变对温室气体排放的影响,可为国家温室气体、碳排放清单的编制及管理政策的制定提供参考依据。     

城市温室气体排放清单编制研究进展

温室气体排放清单是目前最常用的城市碳排放核算方法,有助于在大尺度上了解城市不同行业或部门的温室气体排放情况.然而,中国城市温室气体清单研究刚刚起步,研究成果还不多,尚缺乏系统、规范的城市温室气体研究方法和指标体系.概述了城市温室气体排放清单的主要参考编制方法,介绍了国内外城市温室气体清单的编制情况,对目前城市温室气体清单编制的特点进行了分析,总结了城市温室气体清单与国家温室气体清单在关键排放源、编制模式、方法体系等方面的差异;在此基础上结合我国城市实际,对适合中国城市的温室气体清单编制方法进行了探索,并针对清单编制过程中存在的具体问题提出了建议;最后对未来城市温室气体清单的发展趋势进行了展望,以期为中国温室气体清单编制及研究提供借鉴.     

微生物介导的碳氮循环过程对全球气候变化的响应

土壤是地球表层最为重要的碳库也是温室气体的源或汇。自工业革命以来,对土壤温室气体的容量、收支平衡和通量等已有较多研究和估算,但对关键过程及其源/汇的研究却十分有限。微生物是土壤碳氮转化的主要驱动者, 在生态系统碳氮循环过程中扮演重要的角色,对全球气候变化有着响应的响应、适应及反馈,然而其个体数量,群落结构和多样性如何与气候扰动相互关联、进而怎样影响生态系统过程的问题仍有待进一步探索。从微生物介导的碳氮循环过程入手,重点讨论微生物对气候变化包括温室气体(CO₂,CH₄,N₂O)增加、全球变暖、大气氮沉降等的响应和反馈,并由此提出削减温室气体排放的可能途径和今后发展的方向。     

生态系统通量研究进展

开展生态系统通量的长期定位观测研究具有重要的意义,本文在总结生态系统通量概念与内涵的基础上,概要介绍了全球通量网、区域通量网(美洲网、欧洲网、亚洲网)和中国陆地生态系统通量观测研究网络的建设与发展历程,以及生态系统通量的主要研究方法,包括微气象学方法(涡度相关法、质量平衡法、能量平衡法和空气动力学法)和箱式法(静态箱法和动态箱法)及其基本工作原理;系统地对不同生态系统类型,包括森林生态系统、农田生态系统、草原生态系统和水体生态系统的CO₂通量、N₂O通量、CH₄通量、热通量等研究成果、方法及进展进行了评述;最后,结合我国不同生态系统类型通量研究的现实与需要,从生态系统通量研究的策略、水平、方法以及资金的投入、数据的管理与使用等方面提出了一些合理化建议与展望.     

Quantifying Beetle-Mediated Effects on Gas Fluxes from Dung Pats

Agriculture is one of the largest contributors of the anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) responsible for global warming. Measurements of gas fluxes from dung pats suggest that dung is a source of GHGs, but whether these emissions are modified by arthropods has not been studied. A closed chamber system was used to measure the fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) from dung pats with and without dung beetles on a grass sward. The presence of dung beetles significantly affected the fluxes of GHGs from dung pats. Most importantly, fresh dung pats emitted higher amounts of CO₂ and lower amounts of CH₄ per day in the presence than absence of beetles. Emissions of N₂O showed a distinct peak three weeks after the start of the experiment – a pattern detected only in the presence of beetles. When summed over the main grazing season (June–July), total emissions of CH₄ proved significantly lower, and total emissions of N₂O significantly higher in the presence than absence of beetles. While clearly conditional on the experimental conditions, the patterns observed here reveal a potential impact of dung beetles on gas fluxes realized at a small spatial scale, and thereby suggest that arthropods may have an overall effect on gas fluxes from agriculture. Dissecting the exact mechanisms behind these effects, mapping out the range of conditions under which they occur, and quantifying effect sizes under variable environmental conditions emerge as key priorities for further research.     

Gaseous nitrogen emmissions from undisturbed terrestrial ecosystems: An assessment of their impacts on local and global nitrogen budgets

There is increasing interest in the importance of nitrogen gas emissions from natural (non-agricultural) ecosystems with respect to local as well as global nitrogen budgets and with respect to the effects of nitrogen oxides on atmospheric ozone levels and global warming. The volatile forms of nitrogen of common interest are ammonia (NH₃), nitrous oxide, (N₂O), dinitrogen (N₂), and NO_x (principally NO + NO₂). It is often difficult to attribute emissions of these compounds from soils to a single process because they are produced by a variety of common biogeochemical mechanisms. Although environmental conditions in the soil often appear to favor nitrogen gas emissions, the potential nitrogen gas emission rate from undisturbed ecosystems is rarely approached. The best estimates to date suggest that nitrogen gas emission rates from undisturbed ecosystems typically range from > 1 to perhaps 10 or 20 kg N ha^-1 yr^-1. Under certain conditions, however, emission rates may be much higher. For example, excreta from animals in grasslands may elevate ammonia volatilization up to 100 kg N ha^-1 yr^-1 depending on grazer density; tidal input of nutrients to coastal wetlands may support denitrification rates of several hundred kg N ha^-1 yr^-1 . Excepting such cases, gaseous nitrogen losses are probably a small component of the local nitrogen budget in most undisturbed ecosystems. However, emissions from undisturbed soils are an important component of the global source strengths for (N₂O + N₂), N₂O and NO_x (50%, 21%, and 10% respectively). Emission rates of N₂O from natural ecosystems are higher than assumed previously by perhaps 10 times. Large-scale disturbance may have a stimulatory effect on nitrogen emission rates which could have important effects on global nitrogen budgets. There is a need for more sophisticated methods to account for natural temporal and spatial variations of emissions rates, to more accurately and precisely assess their global source strengths.     

内陆湿地与水体甲烷厌氧氧化功能微生物研究进展

内陆湿地与水体(如湖泊、河流、水库等)是温室气体甲烷的重要排放源。微生物介导的甲烷厌氧氧化(anaerobic oxidation of methane,AOM)反应在控制内陆湿地与水体甲烷排放中起着不可忽视的作用,对缓解全球温室效应具有重要意义。内陆湿地与水体易形成缺氧环境,且电子受体的种类和数量繁多,是发生AOM反应的理想生境。近年来,不断有研究表明,内陆湿地与水体中存在多种电子受体(NO₂^-、NO₃^-、SO₄^2-、Fe (III)等)驱动的AOM途径。NC10门细菌和甲烷厌氧氧化古菌(anaerobic methanotrophic archaea,ANME)的一新分支ANME-2d主导了湿地和水体环境中的AOM反应,其中ANME-2d具有根据环境条件选择不同电子受体的潜力。研究系统综述了内陆湿地与水体中不同电子受体驱动的AOM途径及其参与的主要功能微生物类群;分析了AOM反应在控制温室气体甲烷排放中的作用及其环境影响因素;总结了相关功能微生物的分子生物学检测方法及甲烷厌氧氧化活性测定的同位素示踪技术。最后,对未来相关研究方向进行了展望。     

Methane emissions from wetlands: biogeochemical,microbial, and modeling perspectives from local to global scales

Understanding the dynamics of methane (CH₄) emissions is of paramount importance because CH₄ has 25 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and is currently the second most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas. Wetlands are the single largest natural CH₄ source with median emissions from published studies of 164 Tg yr^?1, which is about a third of total global emissions. We provide a perspective on important new frontiers in obtaining a better understanding of CH₄ dynamics in natural systems, with a focus on wetlands. One of the most exciting recent developments in this field is the attempt to integrate the different methodologies and spatial scales of biogeochemistry, molecular microbiology, and modeling, and thus this is a major focus of this review. Our specific objectives are to provide an up‐to‐date synthesis of estimates of global CH₄ emissions from wetlands and other freshwater aquatic ecosystems, briefly summarize major biogeophysical controls over CH₄ emissions from wetlands, suggest new frontiers in CH₄ biogeochemistry, examine relationships between methanogen community structure and CH₄ dynamics in situ, and to review the current generation of CH₄ models. We highlight throughout some of the most pressing issues concerning global change and feedbacks on CH₄ emissions from natural ecosystems. Major uncertainties in estimating current and future CH₄ emissions from natural ecosystems include the following: (i) A number of important controls over CH₄ production, consumption, and transport have not been, or are inadequately, incorporated into existing CH₄ biogeochemistry models. (ii) Significant errors in regional and global emission estimates are derived from large spatial‐scale extrapolations from highly heterogeneous and often poorly mapped wetland complexes. (iii) The limited number of observations of CH₄ fluxes and their associated environmental variables loosely constrains the parameterization of process‐based biogeochemistry models.     

Role of the aquatic pathway in the carbon and greenhouse gas budgets of a peatland catchment

Peatland streams have repeatedly been shown to be highly supersaturated in both CO₂ and CH₄ with respect to the atmosphere, and in combination with dissolved (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC) represent a potentially important pathway for catchment greenhouse gas (GHG) and carbon (C) losses. The aim of this study was to create a complete C and GHG (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O) budget for Auchencorth Moss, an ombrotrophic peatland in southern Scotland, by combining flux tower, static chamber and aquatic flux measurements from 2 consecutive years. The sink/source strength of the catchment in terms of both C and GHGs was compared to assess the relative importance of the aquatic pathway. During the study period (2007–2008) the catchment functioned as a net sink for GHGs (352 g CO₂‐Eq m^?2 yr^?1) and C (69.5 g C m^?2 yr^?1). The greatest flux in both the GHG and C budget was net ecosystem exchange (NEE). Terrestrial emissions of CH₄ and N₂O combined returned only 4% of CO₂ equivalents captured by NEE to the atmosphere, whereas evasion of GHGs from the stream surface returned 12%. DOC represented a loss of 24% of NEE C uptake, which if processed and evaded downstream, outside of the catchment, may lead to a significant underestimation of the actual catchment‐derived GHG losses. The budgets clearly show the importance of aquatic fluxes at Auchencorth Moss and highlight the need to consider both the C and GHG budgets simultaneously.     

Widespread production of nonmicrobial greenhouse gases in soils

Carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), and nitrous oxide (N₂O) are the three most important greenhouse gases (GHGs), and all show large uncertainties in their atmospheric budgets. Soils of natural and managed ecosystems play an extremely important role in modulating their atmospheric abundance. Mechanisms underlying the exchange of these GHGs at the soil–atmosphere interface are often assumed to be exclusively microbe‐mediated (M‐GHGs). We argue that it is a widespread phenomenon for soil systems to produce GHGs through nonmicrobial pathways (NM‐GHGs) based on a review of the available evidence accumulated over the past half century. We find that five categories of mechanistic process, including photodegradation, thermal degradation, reactive oxidative species (ROS) oxidation, extracellular oxidative metabolism (EXOMET), and inorganic chemical reactions, can be identified as accounting for their production. These pathways are intricately coupled among themselves and with M‐GHGs production and are subject to strong influences from regional and global change agents including, among others, climate warming, solar radiation, and alterations of atmospheric components. Preliminary estimates have suggested that NM‐GHGs could play key roles in contributing to budgets of GHGs in the arid regions, whereas their global importance would be enhanced with accelerated global environmental changes. Therefore, more research should be undertaken, with a differentiation between NM‐GHGs and M‐GHGs, to further elucidate the underlying mechanisms, to investigate the impacts of various global change agents, and to quantify their contributions to regional and global GHGs budgets. These efforts will contribute to a more complete understanding of global carbon and nitrogen cycling and a reduction in the uncertainty of carbon‐climate feedbacks in the Earth system.     

Plumbing the Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Inland Waters into the Terrestrial Carbon Budget

ABSTRACT Because freshwater covers such a small fraction of the Earth’s surface area, inland freshwater ecosystems (particularly lakes, rivers, and reservoirs) have rarely been considered as potentially important quantitative components of the carbon cycle at either global or regional scales. By taking published estimates of gas exchange, sediment accumulation, and carbon transport for a variety of aquatic systems, we have constructed a budget for the role of inland water ecosystems in the global carbon cycle. Our analysis conservatively estimates that inland waters annually receive, from a combination of background and anthropogenically altered sources, on the order of 1.9 Pg C y⁻¹ from the terrestrial landscape, of which about 0.2 is buried in aquatic sediments, at least 0.8 (possibly much more) is returned to the atmosphere as gas exchange while the remaining 0.9 Pg y⁻¹ is delivered to the oceans, roughly equally as inorganic and organic carbon. Thus, roughly twice as much C enters inland aquatic systems from land as is exported from land to the sea. Over prolonged time net carbon fluxes in aquatic systems tend to be greater per unit area than in much of the surrounding land. Although their area is small, these freshwater aquatic systems can affect regional C balances. Further, the inclusion of inland, freshwater ecosystems provides useful insight about the storage, oxidation and transport of terrestrial C, and may warrant a revision of how the modern net C sink on land is described.     

Punching above their weight: Large release of greenhouse gases from small agricultural dams

Freshwater ecosystems play a major role in global carbon cycling through the breakdown of organic material and release of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄) emissions from lakes, wetlands, reservoirs and small natural ponds have been well studied, however, the GHG emissions of highly abundant, small‐scale (<0.01 km²) agricultural dams (small stream and run‐off impoundments) are still unknown. Here, we measured the diffusive CO₂ and CH₄ flux of 77 small agricultural dams within south‐east Australia. The GHG emissions from these waterbodies, which are currently unaccounted for in GHG inventories, amounted to 11.12 ± 2.59 g CO₂‐equivalent m²/day, a value 3.43 times higher than temperate reservoir emissions. Upscaling these results to the entire state of Victoria, Australia, resulted in a farm dam CO₂‐equivalent/day emission rate of 4,853 tons, 3.1 times higher than state‐wide reservoir emissions in spite of farm dams covering only 0.94 times the comparative area. We also show that CO₂ and CH₄ emission rates were both significantly positively correlated with dissolved nitrate concentrations, and significantly higher in livestock rearing farm dams when compared to cropping farm dams. The results from this study demonstrate that small agricultural farm dams can be a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, thereby justifying their inclusion in global carbon budgets.     

Plant-mediated CH4 transport and C gas dynamics quantified in-situ in a Phalaris arundinacea-dominant wetland

Northern peatland methane (CH₄) budgets are important for global CH₄ emissions. This study aims to determine the ecosystem CH₄ budget and specifically to quantify the importance of Phalaris arundinacea by using different chamber techniques in a temperate wetland. Annually, roughly 70?±?35% of ecosystem CH₄ emissions were plant-mediated, but data show no evidence of significant diurnal variations related to convective gas flow regardless of season or plant growth stages. Therefore, despite a high percentage of arenchyma, P. arundinacea-mediated CH₄ transport is interpreted to be predominantly passive. Thus, diurnal variations are less important in contrast to wetland vascular plants facilitating convective gas flow. Despite of plant-dominant CH₄ transport, net CH₄ fluxes were low (–?0.005–0.016 μmol m^?2 s^?1) and annually less than 1% of the annual C-CO₂ assimilation. This is considered a result of an effective root zone oxygenation resulting in increased CH₄ oxidation in the rhizosphere at high water levels. This study shows that although CH₄, having a global warming potential 25 times greater than CO₂, is emitted from this P. arundinacea wetland, less than 9% of the C sequestered counterbalances the CH₄ emissions to the atmosphere. It is concluded that P. arundinacea-dominant wetlands are an attractive C-sequestration ecosystem.     

Environmental controls on CH4 emission from polygonal tundra on the microsite scale in the Lena river delta,Siberia

The carbon budgets of the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems are closely coupled by vertical gas exchange fluxes. Uncertainties remain with respect to high latitude ecosystems and the processes driving their temporally and spatially highly variable methane (CH₄) exchange. Problems associated with scaling plot measurements to larger areas in heterogeneous environments are addressed based on intensive field studies on two nested spatial scales in Northern Siberia. CH₄ fluxes on the microsite scale (0.1–100 m²) were measured in the Lena River Delta from July through September 2006 by closed chambers and were compared with simultaneous ecosystem scale (10⁴–10⁶ m²) flux measurements by the eddy covariance (EC) method. Closed chamber measurements were conducted almost daily on 15 plots in four differently developed polygon centers and on a polygon rim. Controls on CH₄ emission were identified by stepwise multiple regression. In contrast to relatively low ecosystem‐scale fluxes controlled mainly by near‐surface turbulence, fluxes on the microsite scale were almost an order of magnitude higher at the wet polygon centers and near zero at the drier polygon rim and high‐center polygon. Microsite scale CH₄ fluxes varied strongly even within the same microsites. The only statistically significant control on chamber‐based fluxes was surface temperature calculated using the Stefan–Boltzmann equation in the wet polygon centers, whereas no significant control was found for the low emissions from the dry sites. The comparison with the EC measurements reveals differences in controls and the seasonal dynamics between the two measurement scales, which may have consequences for scaling and process‐based models. Despite those differences, closed chamber measurements from within the EC footprint could be scaled by an area‐weighting approach of landcover classes based on high‐resolution imagery to match the total ecosystem‐scale emission. Our nested sampling design allowed for checking scaling results against measurements and to identify potentially missed sources or sinks.