Empirical dynamic modeling reveals complexity of methane fluxes in a temperate salt marsh

dc.contributor.author Hill, Andrew C.
dc.contributor.author Schafer, Karina V. R.
dc.contributor.author Forbrich, Inke
dc.contributor.author Vargas, Rodrigo
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-10T17:57:33Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-10T17:57:33Z
dc.date.issued 2024-02-20
dc.description © The Author(s), 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Hill, A., Schäfer, K., Forbrich, I., & Vargas, R. (2024). Empirical dynamic modeling reveals complexity of methane fluxes in a temperate salt marsh. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(2), e2023JG007630, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007630.
dc.description.abstract Methane dynamics within salt marshes are complex because vegetation types, temperature, oscillating water levels, and changes in salinity and redox conditions influence CH4 production, consumption, oxidation, and emissions. These non-linear and complex interactions among variables affect the traditionally expected functional relationships and present challenges for interpreting and developing process-based models. We employed empirical dynamic modeling (EDM) and convergent cross mapping (CCM) as a novel approach for characterizing seasonal/multiday and diurnal CH4 dynamics by inferring causal variables, lags, and interconnections among multiple biophysical variables within a temperate salt marsh using 5 years of eddy covariance data. EDM/CCM is a nonparametric approach capable of quantifying the coupling between variables while determining time scales where variable interactions are the most relevant. We found that gross primary productivity, tidal creek dissolved oxygen, and temperature were important for seasonal/multiday dynamics (rho = 0.73–0.80), while water level was most important for diurnal dynamics during both the growing and dormancy phenoperiods (rho = 0.72 and 0.56, respectively). Lags for the top-ranked variables (i.e., gross primary productivity, dissolved oxygen, temperature, water level) occurred between 1 and 5 weeks at the seasonal scale and 1–24 hr at the diurnal scale. The EDM had high prediction capabilities for intra-/inter-seasonal patterns and annual CH4 sums but had limitations in representing large, infrequent fluxes. Results highlight the importance of non-linearity, drivers, lag times, and interconnections among multiple biophysical variables that regulate CH4 fluxes in tidal wetlands. This research introduces a novel approach to examining CH4 fluxes, which will aid in evaluating current paradigms in wetlands and other ecosystems.
dc.description.sponsorship This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (#1652594) and the US Department of Energy (#DE-SC0023099 and #DE-SC0022185).
dc.identifier.citation Hill, A., Schäfer, K., Forbrich, I., & Vargas, R. (2024). Empirical dynamic modeling reveals complexity of methane fluxes in a temperate salt marsh. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(2), e2023JG007630.
dc.identifier.doi 10.1029/2023JG007630
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/1912/70716
dc.publisher American Geophysical Union
dc.relation.uri https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007630
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject Methane flux
dc.subject Saltmarsh
dc.subject Nonlinear dynamics
dc.subject Methane prediction
dc.subject Empirical dynamic modeling
dc.subject Tidal wetland
dc.title Empirical dynamic modeling reveals complexity of methane fluxes in a temperate salt marsh
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