Data of "Seasonal and diel variation in greenhouse gas emissions from an urban pond and its major drivers"

In monthly 24-hour field campaigns during 11 months, diffusive water-atmosphere methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes, CH4 ebullition and oxidation were quantified. With oxygen (O2) measurements, NEP was assessed.

The pond was a net GHG source the entire year, with an emission of 3.4 kg CO2 eq m-2 yr-1. The dominant GHG emission pathway was CH4 ebullition (bubble flux, 50%), followed by diffusive emissions of CO2 (38%) and CH4 (12%). Sediment CH4 release was primarily driven by temperature and especially ebullition increased exponentially above a temperature threshold of 15 °C. The pond’s atmospheric CO2 exchange was not related to NEP or temperature, but likely to a high allochthonous carbon (C) input via runoff and anaerobic mineralization of C. We expect urban ponds to show a large increase in GHG emission with increasing temperature, which should be considered carefully when constructing ponds in urban areas.