TY  - JOUR
  - Koehler, AK,Sottocornola, M,Kiely, G
  - 2011
  - January
  - Global Change Biology
  - How strong is the current carbon sequestration of an Atlantic blanket bog?
  - Validated
  - ()
  - carbon balance carbon sequestration dissolved organic carbon methane net ecosystem exchange peatland REPUBLIC-OF-IRELAND PEAT BOG CYCLE PEATLANDS ACCUMULATION EXCHANGE BOREAL FLUXES WATER UNCERTAINTY
  - 17
  - 309
  - 319
  - Although northern peatlands cover only 3% of the land surface, their thick peat deposits contain an estimated one-third of the world's soil organic carbon (SOC). Under a changing climate the potential of peatlands to continue sequestering carbon is unknown. This paper presents an analysis of 6 years of total carbon balance of an almost intact Atlantic blanket bog in Glencar, County Kerry, Ireland. The three components of the measured carbon balance were: the land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) and the flux of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) exported in a stream draining the peatland. The 6 years C balance was computed from 6 years (2003-2008) of measurements of meteorological and eddy-covariance CO2 fluxes, periodic chamber measurements of CH4 fluxes over 3.5 years, and 2 years of continuous DOC flux measurements. Over the 6 years, the mean annual carbon was -29.7 +/- 30.6 (+/- 1 SD) g C m-2 yr-1 with its components as follows: carbon in CO2 was a sink of -47.8 +/- 30.0 g C m-2 yr-1; carbon in CH4 was a source of 4.1 +/- 0.5 g C m-2 yr-1 and the carbon exported as stream DOC was a source of 14.0 +/- 1.6 g C m-2 yr-1. For 2 out of the 6 years, the site was a source of carbon with the sum of CH4 and DOC flux exceeding the carbon sequestered as CO2. The average C balance for the 6 years corresponds to an average annual growth rate of the peatland surface of 1.3 mm yr-1.
  - DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02180.x
DA  - 2011/01
ER  - 

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   = {Koehler,  AK and Sottocornola,  M and Kiely,  G },
   = {2011},
   = {January},
   = {Global Change Biology},
   = {How strong is the current carbon sequestration of an Atlantic blanket bog?},
   = {Validated},
   = {()},
   = {carbon balance carbon sequestration dissolved organic carbon methane net ecosystem exchange peatland REPUBLIC-OF-IRELAND PEAT BOG CYCLE PEATLANDS ACCUMULATION EXCHANGE BOREAL FLUXES WATER UNCERTAINTY},
   = {17},
  pages = {309--319},
   = {{Although northern peatlands cover only 3% of the land surface, their thick peat deposits contain an estimated one-third of the world's soil organic carbon (SOC). Under a changing climate the potential of peatlands to continue sequestering carbon is unknown. This paper presents an analysis of 6 years of total carbon balance of an almost intact Atlantic blanket bog in Glencar, County Kerry, Ireland. The three components of the measured carbon balance were: the land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) and the flux of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) exported in a stream draining the peatland. The 6 years C balance was computed from 6 years (2003-2008) of measurements of meteorological and eddy-covariance CO2 fluxes, periodic chamber measurements of CH4 fluxes over 3.5 years, and 2 years of continuous DOC flux measurements. Over the 6 years, the mean annual carbon was -29.7 +/- 30.6 (+/- 1 SD) g C m-2 yr-1 with its components as follows: carbon in CO2 was a sink of -47.8 +/- 30.0 g C m-2 yr-1; carbon in CH4 was a source of 4.1 +/- 0.5 g C m-2 yr-1 and the carbon exported as stream DOC was a source of 14.0 +/- 1.6 g C m-2 yr-1. For 2 out of the 6 years, the site was a source of carbon with the sum of CH4 and DOC flux exceeding the carbon sequestered as CO2. The average C balance for the 6 years corresponds to an average annual growth rate of the peatland surface of 1.3 mm yr-1.}},
   = {DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02180.x},
  source = {IRIS}
}