Impact of gully erosion on carbon sequestration in blanket peatlands

Climate Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-41

  Evans, Martin ^a   Lindsay, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blanket peat; Carbon balance; Carbon sequestration; Gully erosion

Indexed keywords

BLANKET PEAT; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GULLY EROSION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PARTICULATE CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; PEATLAND; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SECONDARY IMPACTS; SEVERE EROSION; SOIL CARBON; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; ECOLOGY; EROSION; PEAT; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BLANKET BOG; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; GROWTH RATE; GULLY EROSION; PEAT; PEATLAND; SOIL CARBON;

ENGLAND; PENNINES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79551522620     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00887     Document Type: Article

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