Carbon cycling in northern peatlands
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Carbon cycling in northern peatlands
（Geophysical monograph, 184）
American Geophysical Union, c2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 184.
Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands examines the role that northern peatlands play in regulating the atmospheric carbon budget. It summarizes current research in four interconnected areas: large-scale peatland dynamics and carbon cycling; plant and microbial dynamics and their effect on carbon fluxes to the atmosphere; methane accumulation in, and loss from, peatlands; and water and dissolved carbon fluxes through peatlands. The volume highlights include
A thorough assessment of the challenges involved in incorporating carbon cycling in northern peatlands into global climate models;
A conceptual model to examine the partitioning of terminal carbon mineralization into production of CO2 and CH4;
A comprehensive review of the evidence for the accumulation of methane in deep and shallow peat; and
A description of the hydrologic changes induced by peat harvesting and associated challenges in restoring altered peatlands to their natural hydrologic regime.
Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands will be of interest to research scientists and graduate and undergraduate students, particularly those who wish to know more about the role of peatlands in the global carbon cycle and their role as modifiers of climate.
Table of Contents
Preface
Lee D. Slater, Andrew J. Baird, Lisa R. Belyea, Xavier Comas, and A. S. Reeve vii
Understanding Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands: Recent Developments and Future Prospects
Andrew J. Baird, Xavier Comas, Lee D. Slater, Lisa R. Belyea, and A. S. Reeve 1
Section I: Large-Scale Peatland Dynamics and Carbon Cycling
Nonlinear Dynamics of Peatlands and Potential Feedbacks on the Climate System
Lisa R. Belyea 5
Issues Related to Incorporating Northern Peatlands Into Global Climate Models
Steve Frolking, Nigel Roulet, and David Lawrence 19
Upscaling of Peatland-Atmosphere Fluxes of Methane: Small-Scale Heterogeneity in Process Rates and the Pitfalls of "Bucket-and-Slab" Models
A. J. Baird, L. R. Belyea, and P. J. Morris 37
Sensitivity of Northern Peatland Carbon Dynamics to Holocene Climate Change
Zicheng Yu, David W. Beilman, and Miriam C. Jones 55
Direct Human Impacts on the Peatland Carbon Sink
Jukka Laine, Kari Minkkinen, and Carl Trettin 71
Section II: Near-Surface Processes of Peatland Carbon Cycling
Northern Peatland Vegetation and the Carbon Cycle: A Remote Sensing Approach
A. Harris and R. G. Bryant 79
Plant Litter Decomposition and Nutrient Release in Peatlands
Luca Bragazza, Alexandre Buttler, Andy Siegenthaler, and Edward A. D. Mitchell 99
Microbial Community Structure and Carbon Substrate Use in Northern Peatlands
Rebekka R. E. Artz 111
Partitioning Litter Mass Loss Into Carbon Dioxide and Methane in Peatland Ecosystems
M. Nilsson and M. OEquist 131
Section III: Methane Accumulation in, and Loss From, Peatlands
Methane Accumulation and Release From Deep Peat: Measurements, Conceptual Models, and Biogeochemical Significance
Paul H. Glaser and Jeffrey P. Chanton 145
Noninvasive Field-Scale Characterization of Gaseous-Phase Methane Dynamics in Peatlands Using the Ground-Penetrating Radar Method
Xavier Comas and Lee D. Slater 159
Methane Dynamics in Peat: Importance of Shallow Peats and a Novel Reduced-Complexity Approach for Modeling Ebullition
T. J. Coulthard, A. J. Baird, J. Ramirez, and J. M. Waddington 173
The Stable Carbon Isotope Composition of Methane Produced and Emitted From Northern Peatlands
Edward R. C. Hornibrook 187
Laboratory Investigations of Methane Buildup in, and Release From, Shallow Peats
Mikhail Mastepanov and Torben R. Christensen 205
Physical Controls on Ebullition Losses of Methane From Peatlands
Takeshi Tokida, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, and Masaru Mizoguchi 219
Section IV: Water and Dissolved Carbon Transfers Within and From Peatlands
Dissolved Organic Carbon Production and Transport in Canadian Peatlands
Tim R. Moore 229
Hydrological Controls on Dissolved Organic Carbon Production and Release From UK Peatlands
Nathalie Fenner, Chris Freeman, and Fred Worrall 237
The Role of Natural Soil Pipes in Water and Carbon Transfer in and From Peatlands
J. Holden, R. P. Smart, P. J. Chapman, A. J. Baird, and M. F. Billett 251
Improving Conceptual Models of Water and Carbon Transfer Through Peat
Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Donald I. Siegel, and Donald O. Rosenberry 265
Water Relations in Cutover Peatlands
Jonathan S. Price and Scott J. Ketcheson 277
The Influence of Permeable Mineral Lenses on Peatland Hydrology
A. S. Reeve, Z. D. Tyczka, X. Comas, and L. D. Slater 289
Index 299
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