Title: "Greenhouse gas exchange of the reed belt at Lake Neusiedl"
Wetlands such as the reed belt of Lake Neusiedl can be a carbon source or sink and naturally emit methane. The reed belt is dominated by the plant species Phragmites australis and consists of a mosaic of reed stocks, sediment and water patches. With an eddy covariance measurement tower, we continuously investigate the greenhouse gas exchange of methane, carbon dioxide and water vapor between the atmosphere and the reed belt and their influencing factors. Is the reed belt a carbon source and does this change over the years? What impact have the current drought periods on the carbon and water fluxes? What is the contribution of the reed plant as a transport pathway for methane emissions? The study of these issues serves to an improved understanding of a climatically very fragile wetland ecosystem.
