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 …

Carbon sequestration in wetlands, from science to practice: An overview of the biogeochemical process, measurement methods, and policy framework

JA Villa, B Bernal - Ecological Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Ecosystem services are becoming increasingly important and a reason to promote the
sustainable use of natural resources. Wetlands provide many valuable ecosystem services …

The carbon sequestration potential of terrestrial ecosystems

R Lal, P Smith, HF Jungkunst, WJ Mitsch… - Journal of soil and …, 2018 - jswconline.org
T errestrial ecosystems, comprising vegetation and soil in uplands and wetlands,
significantly impact the global carbon (C) cycle and, under natural conditions, are a sink of …

Wetlands, carbon, and climate change

WJ Mitsch, B Bernal, AM Nahlik, Ü Mander, L Zhang… - Landscape …, 2013 - Springer
Wetland ecosystems provide an optimum natural environment for the sequestration and long-
term storage of carbon dioxide (CO 2) from the atmosphere, yet are natural sources of …

[图书][B] Peatlands: guidance for climate change mitigation through conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable use

H Joosten, ML Tapio-Biström, S Tol - 2012 - luk.staff.ugm.ac.id
Peatlands provide many important ecosystem services, including water regulation,
biodiversity conservation, and carbon sequestration and storage. To safeguard these …

Tropical wetlands: seasonal hydrologic pulsing, carbon sequestration, and methane emissions

WJ Mitsch, A Nahlik, P Wolski, B Bernal… - Wetlands ecology and …, 2010 - Springer
This paper summarizes the importance of climate on tropical wetlands. Regional hydrology
and carbon dynamics in many of these wetlands could shift with dramatic changes in these …

Validation of the ecosystem services of created wetlands: two decades of plant succession, nutrient retention, and carbon sequestration in experimental riverine …

WJ Mitsch, L Zhang, E Waletzko, B Bernal - Ecological engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
Wetlands provide many ecosystem services to society, most notably the provision of habitat
for important plants and animals, the improvement of water quality, and the sequestration of …

Ideas and perspectives: carbon leaks from flooded land: do we need to replumb the inland water active pipe?

G Abril, AV Borges - Biogeosciences, 2019 - bg.copernicus.org
At the global scale, inland waters are a significant source of atmospheric carbon (C),
particularly in the tropics. The active pipe concept predicts that C emissions from streams …

An invasive wetland grass primes deep soil carbon pools

B Bernal, JP Megonigal, TJ Mozdzer - Global Change Biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the processes that control deep soil carbon (C) dynamics and accumulation
is of key importance, given the relevance of soil organic matter (SOM) as a vast C pool and …

[PDF][PDF] A review of carbon dynamics and sequestration in wetlands

S Adhikari, RM Bajracharaya… - Journal of Wetlands …, 2009 - academia.edu
Wetlands are among the most important natural resources on earth. They provide a potential
sink for atmospheric carbon but if not managed properly, they become a source of green …