Effects of water level alteration on carbon cycling in peatlands

Y Zhong, M Jiang, BA Middleton - Ecosystem Health and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Globally, peatlands play an important role in the carbon (C) cycle. High water level is a key
factor in maintaining C storage in peatlands, but water levels are vulnerable to climate …

Peat loss collocates with a threshold in plant–mycorrhizal associations in drained peatlands encroached by trees

CE Defrenne, JAM Moore, CL Tucker, LJ Lamit… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Drainage‐induced encroachment by trees may have major effects on the carbon balance of
northern peatlands, and responses of microbial communities are likely to play a central …

Peatland microbial community responses to plant functional group and drought are depth‐dependent

LJ Lamit, KJ Romanowicz, LR Potvin… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Peatlands store one‐third of Earth's soil carbon, the stability of which is uncertain due to
climate change‐driven shifts in hydrology and vegetation, and consequent impacts on …

Potential retention of dissolved organic matter by soil minerals during wetland water-table fluctuations

S Wang, T Liu, E Zhu, C He, Q Shi, X Feng - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Wetlands export large amounts of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) downstream, which is
sensitive to water-table fluctuations (WTFs). While numerous studies have shown that WTFs …

Emerging investigator series: preferential adsorption and coprecipitation of permafrost organic matter with poorly crystalline iron minerals

E Voggenreiter, P Schmitt-Kopplin… - … Science: Processes & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Future permafrost thaw will likely lead to substantial release of greenhouse gases due to
thawing of previously unavailable organic carbon (OC). Accurate predictions of this release …

Evidence for older carbon loss with lowered water tables and changing plant functional groups in peatlands

JEM Stuart, CL Tucker, EA Lilleskov… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A small imbalance in plant productivity and decomposition accounts for the carbon (C)
accumulation capacity of peatlands. As climate changes, the continuity of peatland net C …

Warming and humidification mediated changes of DOM composition in an Alfisol

Y Han, C Qu, X Hu, P Wang, D Wan, P Cai… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) represents the most mobile and reactive pool of soil organic
matter (SOM). Climate changes, such as global warming and altered precipitation exert …

Aspects of microbial communities in peatland carbon cycling under changing climate and land use pressures

CH Robinson, JP Ritson, DM Alderson… - Mires and …, 2023 - researchportal.hw.ac.uk
Globally, major efforts are being made to restore peatlands to maximise their resilience to
anthropogenic climate change, which puts continuous pressure on peatland ecosystems …

Saltmarsh sediments with wastewater input emit more carbon greenhouse gases but less N2O than mangrove sediments

F Wang, A Song, Y Zhang, X Lin, R Yan, Y Wang… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater discharge and salt marsh invasion are two main disturbances in global
mangrove wetland ecosystems, but their combined effects on greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Heterogeneity in habitat and nutrient availability facilitate the co-occurrence of N2 fixation and denitrification across wetland–stream–lake ecotones of Lakes Superior …

EK Eberhard, ES Kane, AM Marcarelli - Biogeochemistry, 2023 - Springer
Great Lakes coastlines are mosaics of wetland, stream, and lake habitats, characterized by a
high degree of spatial heterogeneity that may facilitate the co-occurrence of seemingly …