Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands

A. J. Baird; L. R. Belyea; X. Comas; A. S. Reeve; L. D. Slater

doi:doi:10.1029/GM184

GEOPHYSICAL MONOGRAPH SERIES, VOL. 184, 299 PP., 2009
ISSN: 0065-8448; ISBN: 978-0-87590-449-8

Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands

A. J. Baird, L. R. Belyea, X. Comas, A. S. Reeve, and L. D. Slater (Eds.)

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.

Citation: Baird, A. J., L. R. Belyea, X. Comas, A. S. Reeve, and L. D. Slater (Eds.) (2009), Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 184, 299 pp., AGU, Washington, D. C., doi:10.1029/GM184.

Slater, Lee D.; Baird, Andrew J.; Belyea, Lisa R.; Comas, Xavier; Reeve, A. S.

Preface

pp. vii-vii

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Baird, Andrew J.; Comas, Xavier; Slater, Lee D.; Belyea, Lisa R.; Reeve, A. S.

Understanding carbon cycling in northern peatlands: Recent developments and future prospects

pp. 1-3

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Belyea, Lisa R.

Nonlinear dynamics of peatlands and potential feedbacks on the climate system

pp. 5-18

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Frolking, Steve; Roulet, Nigel; Lawrence, David

Issues related to incorporating northern peatlands into global climate models

pp. 19-35

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Baird, A. J.; Belyea, L. R.; Morris, P. J.

Upscaling of peatland-atmosphere fluxes of methane: Small-scale heterogeneity in process rates and the pitfalls of “bucket-and-slab” models

pp. 37-53

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Yu, Zicheng; Beilman, David W.; Jones, Miriam C.

Sensitivity of northern peatland carbon dynamics to Holocene climate change

pp. 55-69

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Laine, Jukka; Minkkinen, Kari; Trettin, Carl

Direct human impacts on the peatland carbon sink

pp. 71-78

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Harris, A.; Bryant, R. G.

Northern peatland vegetation and the carbon cycle: A remote sensing approach

pp. 79-98

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Bragazza, Luca; Buttler, Alexandre; Siegenthaler, Andy; Mitchell, Edward A. D.

Plant litter decomposition and nutrient release in peatlands

pp. 99-110

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Artz, Rebekka R. E.

Microbial community structure and carbon substrate use in northern peatlands

pp. 111-129

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Nilsson, M.; öquist, M.

Partitioning litter mass loss into carbon dioxide and methane in peatland ecosystems

pp. 131-144

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Glaser, Paul H.; Chanton, Jeffrey P.

Methane accumulation and release from deep peat: Measurements, conceptual models, and biogeochemical significance

pp. 145-158

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Comas, Xavier; Slater, Lee D.

Noninvasive field-scale characterization of gaseous-phase methane dynamics in peatlands using the ground-penetrating radar method

pp. 159-171

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Coulthard, T. J.; Baird, A. J.; Ramirez, J.; Waddington, J. M.

Methane dynamics in peat: Importance of shallow peats and a novel reduced-complexity approach for modeling ebullition

pp. 173-185

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Hornibrook, Edward R. C.

The stable carbon isotope composition of methane produced and emitted from northern peatlands

pp. 187-203

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Mastepanov, Mikhail; Christensen, Torben R.

Laboratory investigations of methane buildup in, and release from, shallow peats

pp. 205-218

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Tokida, Takeshi; Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi; Mizoguchi, Masaru

Physical controls on ebullition losses of methane from peatlands

pp. 219-228

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Moore, Tim R.

Dissolved organic carbon production and transport in Canadian peatlands

pp. 229-236

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Fenner, Nathalie; Freeman, Chris; Worrall, Fred

Hydrological controls on dissolved organic carbon production and release from UK peatlands

pp. 237-249

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Holden, J.; Smart, R. P.; Chapman, P. J.; Baird, A. J.; Billett, M. F.

The role of natural soil pipes in water and carbon transfer in and from peatlands

pp. 251-264

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McKenzie, Jeffrey M.; Siegel, Donald I.; Rosenberry, Donald O.

Improving conceptual models of water and carbon transfer through peat

pp. 265-275

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Price, Jonathan S.; Ketcheson, Scott J.

Water relations in cutover peatlands

pp. 277-287

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Reeve, A. S.; Tyczka, Z. D.; Comas, X.; Slater, L. D.

The influence of permeable mineral lenses on peatland hydrology

pp. 289-297

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