Atmosphere-soil-stream greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands

Dinsmore, Kerry; Billett, Mike; Skiba, Ute ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8659-6092. 2006 Atmosphere-soil-stream greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands. In: CAPER 2006. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, 20, 1pp.

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Abstract/Summary

The project aims to produce a complete inventory of greenhouse gas fluxes and emissions from a Scottish peatland. Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions from the land surface (soil and vegetation) to the atmosphere, losses to streamwater and degassing will all be considered. The study is carried out at Auchencorth Moss, Midlothian, with intensive monitoring and measurements being made over a 2-year period, starting March 2006. The site consists of a patchwork of different vegetation communities including areas dominated by Calluna or Juncus, grassy hummocks and hollows and a narrow riparian zone again dominated by Juncus. GHG flux measurements will be made using chambers covering each vegetation type allowing for both a comparison between vegetation types and the subsequent scaling up to catchment level emissions. A flux tower on site provides further data on CO2 net exchange. In addition the concentrations of GHG in the soil are measured using gas permeable tubing. Other land based measurements will include water table depth, soil moisture, soil temperature and soil NO3, NH4 and DOC content. A datalogger is in place adjacent to the stream allowing for almost continuous measurements of stream temperature, conductivity and height; this data along with regular measurements of stream solute and dissolved gas concentrations will be used to estimate both stream gaseous emissions and lateral outputs. Routine measurements of carbon (DOC, DIC, POC, CO2 and CH4) and nitrogen (NO3, NH4, DON, N2O) will also be made along the stream length to measure spatial variability.

Item Type:	Publication - Book Section
Programmes:	CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > BG01 Measuring and modelling trace gas, aerosol and carbon
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Billett (to November 2013)
NORA Subject Terms:	Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	15 Oct 2009 08:35 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/8148

Item Type:

Publication - Book Section

Programmes:

CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > BG01 Measuring and modelling trace gas, aerosol and carbon

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Billett (to November 2013)

NORA Subject Terms:

Atmospheric Sciences

Date made live:

15 Oct 2009 08:35 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/8148