Anthropogenic impacts on lowland tropical peatland biogeochemistry

S Page, S Mishra, F Agus, G Anshari… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Tropical peatlands store around one-sixth of the global peatland carbon pool (105
gigatonnes), equivalent to 30% of the carbon held in rainforest vegetation. Deforestation …

Greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical peatlands in south‐east Asia

J Couwenberg, R Dommain… - Global Change …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The lowland peatlands of south‐east Asia represent an immense reservoir of fossil carbon
and are reportedly responsible for 30% of the global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from …

Subsidence and carbon loss in drained tropical peatlands

A Hooijer, S Page, J Jauhiainen, WA Lee, XX Lu… - …, 2012 - bg.copernicus.org
Conversion of tropical peatlands to agriculture leads to a release of carbon from previously
stable, long-term storage, resulting in land subsidence that can be a surrogate measure of …

Greenhouse gas emission factors associated with rewetting of organic soils

D Wilson, D Blain, J Couwenberg, CD Evans… - 2016 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
Drained organic soils are a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the
atmosphere. Rewetting these soils may reduce GHG emissions and could also create …

The carbon flux of global rivers: A re-evaluation of amount and spatial patterns

M Li, C Peng, M Wang, W Xue, K Zhang, K Wang… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Global rivers connect three large carbon reservoirs in the world: soil, atmosphere, and
ocean. The amount and spatial pattern of riverine carbon flux are essential for the global …

Effects of distance from canal and degradation history on peat bulk density in a degraded tropical peatland

AL Sinclair, LLB Graham, EI Putra, BH Saharjo… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over recent decades, the combination of deforestation, peat drainage and fires have
resulted in widespread degradation of Southeast Asia's tropical peatlands. These …

Rising dissolved organic carbon concentrations in coastal waters of northwestern Borneo related to tropical peatland conversion

N Sanwlani, CD Evans, M Müller, N Cherukuru… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Southeast Asia's peatlands are considered a globally important source of terrigenous
dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to the ocean. Human disturbance has probably increased …

The impact of glacier runoff on the biodegradability and biochemical composition of terrigenous dissolved organic matter in near-shore marine ecosystems

JB Fellman, RGM Spencer, PJ Hernes, RT Edwards… - Marine Chemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
The processing of terrigenous dissolved organic matter (DOM) by aquatic food webs
modifies its biochemical composition from riverine to coastal ecosystems. We used parallel …

Canal networks regulate aquatic losses of carbon from degraded tropical peatlands

JC Bowen, PJ Wahyudio, GZ Anshari, LI Aluwihare… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Southeast Asian peatlands cover 0.2% of Earth's land surface, but store one-tenth
of all peat soil carbon globally. Recent deforestation and drainage have destabilized these …

The origin and function of dissolved organic matter in agro‐urban coastal streams

KC Petrone, JB Fellman, E Hood… - Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Streams draining urban and agriculture catchments are often a source of inorganic nutrients
to downstream aquatic ecosystems, but little is known about how changes in land use …