Greenhouse and trace gas analysis facilities

The facility

The NIOO greenhouse and trace gas analysis facility is part of the chemical analytical lab with equipment and facilities to asses gas concentrations in atmosphere or in soil gas or soil moisture. Gases (CH4, CO2, N2O, CO, H2,C¬2H4 can be measured over a wide concentration range and even to below-atmospheric levels (ppb) or in stable isotope studies (13C/12C in CO2, CH4). In addition to the necessary analytical equipment, we have different types of  flux chambers for use in field and greenhouse experiments to measure greenhouse gas emission and uptake. 

Species groups studied

Microbes, plants

References 

• Drost, S. M., Rutgers, M., Wouterse, M., De Boer, W., & Bodelier, P. (2020). Decomposition of mixtures of cover crop residues increases microbial functional diversity. Geoderma 361, 4060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.114060
• Kristof Brenzinger , Sytske Drost, Gerard Korthals and Paul Bodelier. (2018). Organic residue amendments to modulate greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 3035. https://doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.03035
• AJ Veraart, P Garbeva, F van Beersum, A Ho, CA Hordijk, M Meima-Franke, H Zweers, PLE Bodelier. Living apart together – Volatile organic compounds influence methanotrophic growth and activity. ISME Journal 12, 1163–1166.
• Adrian Ho, Umer Zeeshan Ijaz, Thierry K.S. Janssens, Rienke Ruijs, Sang Yoon Kim, Wietse de Boer, Aad Termorshuizen, Wim H. van der Putten, and Paul L.E. Bodelier. (2017). Effects of bio-based residue amendments on greenhouse gas emission from agricultural soil are stronger than effects of soil type with different microbial community composition. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, doi: 10.1111/gcbb.12457
• Adrian Ho, Andreas Reim, Sang Yoon Kim, Marion Meima-Franke, Aad Termorshuizen, Wietse de Boer, Wim H. van der Putten, and Paul L.E. Bodelier. (2015) Unexpected stimulation of soil methane uptake as emergent property of agricultural soils following bio-based residue application. Global Change Biology 21, 3864–3879.

Running period (guaranteed funding)

Undetermined

Equipment   

• GC-mFIDGC-FID-TCDGC-mFID/ECDGC-mFID/PDD, GC-c-IRMS
• Autosampler for headspace sampling 
• INNOVA infrared, photoacoustic gas analyser. 
• 16 Flux chambers for field GHG flux analyses
• 12 transparent flux chambers for greenhouse/climate chamber GHG flux analyses     

Data management 

NIOO-data management policy

Conditions for access

Any request to make use of Greenhouse and Trace gas facilities can be made by contacting Hans Zweers.