Decadal carbon decomposition dynamics in three peatlands in Northern Minnesota
Autor: | Edward A. Nater, A. S. Klein, Karis J. McFarlane, Cinzia Fissore |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category Peat 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences biology Primary production chemistry.chemical_element Ombrotrophic Soil science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Sphagnum Humus Diagenesis chemistry 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental Chemistry Environmental science Bog Carbon 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes Water Science and Technology |
Zdroj: | Biogeochemistry. 145:63-79 |
ISSN: | 1573-515X 0168-2563 |
Popis: | The uppermost portion of the peat profile, an area of active diagenetic processes, is exceedingly important for understanding peatland dynamics and the diagenesis and geochemistry of atmospherically-deposited materials. We investigated high resolution carbon (C) accrual and peat decomposition rates at two Sphagnum-rich ombrotrophic bogs and one fen in northern Minnesota, USA by analyzing 1 cm increments from 30 cm thick intact frozen blocks of peat soil. We conducted radiocarbon analysis of Sphagnum cellulose to determine peat age and net C accumulation at each depth interval. Calibrated peat ages were determined using CALIBomb and a compilation of calibration datasets for the pre-bomb period. We fit data with a negative exponential accumulation model and used model-derived parameters to estimate net primary productivity (NPP) and a peat decomposition rate constant k. FTIR spectroscopy and C:N were used to derive humification indices and to chemically characterize the peat. NPP ranged from 180 to 266 g C m−2 year−1, k ranged from 0.015 to 0.019 year−1. Net C accumulation rates ranged from 112 to 174 g C m−2 year−1 at 25 years and 70 to 113 g C m−2 year−1 at 50 years. Mass loss was up to 55% during the first 50 years of peat accumulation. Decomposition is greater at depth in the bogs—where 25 cm of peat correspond to 55 years of peat accumulation—than in the fen, where peat age is approximately 25 years at 25 cm depth. Information on fine-scale variations in peat mass decomposition and loss across ombrotrophic bogs and a fen help interpret other diagenetic processes in peatlands. |
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