Partitioning of evapotranspiration and the influencing factors of evapotranspiration components in a shrub ecosystem dominated by Artemisia ordosica and Hedysarum fruticosum var. mongolicum in the Mu Us Desert, Northwest China

Ning-Ning Wei; Yan-Mei Mu; Xiao-Yan Jiang; Xin Jia; Sheng-Jie Gao; Yan Jiang; Chuan Jin; Cong Han; Tian-Shan Zha

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202107.015

Partitioning of evapotranspiration and the influencing factors of evapotranspiration components in a shrub ecosystem dominated by Artemisia ordosica and Hedysarum fruticosum var. mongolicum in the Mu Us Desert, Northwest China

Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao. 2021 Jul;32(7):2407-2414. doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202107.015.

Authors

Ning-Ning Wei^{1

2

3}, Yan-Mei Mu^{1

2

3}, Xiao-Yan Jiang^{1

2

3}, Xin Jia^{1

2

3}, Sheng-Jie Gao^{1

2

3}, Yan Jiang^{1

2

3}, Chuan Jin^{1

2

3}, Cong Han^{1

2

3}, Tian-Shan Zha^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
² Key Laboratory of State Forestry Administration on Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
³ Yanchi Ecology Research Station of the Mu Us Desert, Yanchi 751500, Ningxia, China.

PMID: 34313058
DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202107.015

Abstract
in English, Chinese

Evapotranspiration (ET) is an important part of water cycle and energy flow in ecosystem. Accurate estimation of ET and its components is critical for understanding the impacts of ecophysiological processes on ecosystem water balance and plant water use strategy. Using the eddy-covariance technique and the micro-lysimeter, we measured ET, evaporation (E), transpiration (T) of the Artemisia ordosica-Hedysarum fruticosum var. mongolicum shrubland in the Mu Us Desert during May 20 to September 15, 2019, quantified the ET components, and analyzed the seasonal characteristics and influencing factors of ET and its components. The results showed that T was the main component of ET in the growing season, with a T/ET of 53.1%. T/ET increased and E/ET decreased as precipitation decreased. The partitioning of evapotranspiration was regulated by precipi-tation. At the seasonal scale, the value of E was positively correlated with soil water content at 10 cm depth (SWC₁₀) and net radiation (R_n), while SWC₁₀ was the main factor influencing E. The value of T increased with the increases of R_n and leaf area index (LAI), and increased first and then decreased with the increases of soil water content at 30 cm layer (SWC₃₀). T was affected by SWC₃₀, R_n and LAI. Moisture was the main influencing factor of ET. The ET/P in the growing season was 109.2% and was 250.5% in May, indicating that the water consumption of ET in early growing season was partly from the precipitation in non-growing season.

蒸散发(ET)是生态系统水分循环和能量流动的重要组成部分,准确估算ET及其各组分,对认识生态生理过程对水分平衡和植物水分利用策略的影响具有重要意义。本研究于2019年5月20日至9月15日,利用涡度相关技术和微型蒸渗仪对毛乌素沙地油蒿-杨柴灌丛生态系统ET、蒸发(E)和蒸腾(T)进行测定和估算,量化了油蒿-杨柴灌丛生态系统ET组分,并分析ET及其组分的季节特征及影响因素。结果表明: T为毛乌素沙地油蒿-杨柴灌丛生态系统生长季ET的主要组分,T/ET为53.1%。T/ET值随降水减少而升高,E/ET值随降水减少而减少,蒸散组分分配主要受降水调控。在季节尺度上,E与10 cm深处土壤含水量(SWC₁₀)和太阳净辐射(R_n)呈显著正相关,其中,SWC₁₀是E的主要影响因素;T随R_n和叶面积指数(LAI)的升高而升高,随30 cm处土壤含水量(SWC₃₀)的升高呈先升高后降低的单峰趋势,受到SWC₃₀、R_n和LAI的共同影响;水分是ET的主要影响因素。生长季蒸散/降水量(ET/P)为109.2%,5月ET/P为250.5%,表明生长季初期ET耗水部分来自非生长季降水。.

Keywords: Mu Us Desert; eddy correlation; evaporation; evapotranspiration; micro-lysimeter; transpiration.

MeSH terms

Artemisia*
China
Ecosystem*
Plant Transpiration
Seasons
Soil
Water

Substances

Soil
Water

Abstract in English, Chinese

MeSH terms

Substances

Abstract
in English, Chinese