Study on the Carbon Storage and Fixation of Phramites autralis in Baiyangdian Demonstration Area

Wetland ecosystem occupies an important position in the global carbon cycle with a strong ability of carbon storage and fixation. On the basis of field investigation and laboratory measurement, in the paper, the standing biomass and primary production of wetland Phragmites australis in Baiyangdian were study, and its ability of carbon storage and fixation in accordance with the principle of photosynthesis was measured, and then the potential ability of carbon storage from the perspective of efficiency for solar energy utilization was discussed. The results show that carbon storage of wetland Phragmites australis is large in Baiyangdian with 5.81 kg
• m-2, 7.14 kg
• m-2 and 8.72 kg
• m-2 respectively; carbon fixation is also very large with 2.54 kg
• m-2, 3.12 kg
• m-2 and 3.81 kg
• m-2 respectively. In addition, the underground biomass is larger than the aboveground biomass, and the ratio of the two is 2.38-3.30 with the average of 2.90. The underground carbon storage is nearly 3 times as much as the aboveground carbon storage. Wetland Phragmites australis in Baiyangdian has a strong ability of carbon fixation with 1.17 kg
• m-2
• a-1, 1.49 kg
• m-2
• a-1 and 1.76 kg
• m-2
• a-1 respectively, which is 1.7-3.4 times as much as the average ability of carbon fixation of the national terrestrial plants and 2.0- 4.0 times of that of the global plants.