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The impact of experimental temperature and water level manipulation on carbon dioxide release in a poor fen in Northern Poland

The impact of experimental temperature and water level manipulation on carbon dioxide release in a poor fen in Northern Poland
The impact of experimental temperature and water level manipulation on carbon dioxide release in a poor fen in Northern Poland

Peatlands are ecosystems for which carbon budget relies strongly on the meteorological and hydrological conditions. Here, using a manipulative field experiment, we measured ecosystem respiration (RECO) over two years (2013–2014) in a poor fen in Poland to estimate the carbon emission in a changing climate. The experiment consisted of warming (open-top chambers - OTC) and water table manipulation. The application of OTC increased the mean values of daily maximum air temperature by approx. 1.1–1.8 °C. Warming or the increased water table depth separately resulted in an increase in ecosystem respiration by approx. 0.1 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1 and 0.3 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1, respectively. However, our results show also the additive nature of warming and water table drawdown impact on daily RECO during the studied years (2013–0.80 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1 and 2014–1.16 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1). With the natural dry period event which occurred in 2014, the seasonal RECO increased by approx. 0.2 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1 as compared to the previous year. Projected global warming will therefore significantly enhance C loss from poor fens in this region of Europe.

Climate change, Climate manipulation design, Ecosystem respiration, Open top chambers, Poor fen, Water table depth
0277-5212
551-563
Samson, Mateusz
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Samson, Mateusz, Słowińska, Sandra, Słowiński, Michał, Lamentowicz, Mariusz, Barabach, Jan, Harenda, Kamila, Zielińska, Małgorzata, Robroek, Bjorn J.M., Jassey, Vincent E.J., Buttler, Alexandre and Chojnicki, Bogdan H. (2018) The impact of experimental temperature and water level manipulation on carbon dioxide release in a poor fen in Northern Poland. Wetlands, 38 (3), 551-563. (doi:10.1007/s13157-018-0999-4).

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Abstract

Peatlands are ecosystems for which carbon budget relies strongly on the meteorological and hydrological conditions. Here, using a manipulative field experiment, we measured ecosystem respiration (RECO) over two years (2013–2014) in a poor fen in Poland to estimate the carbon emission in a changing climate. The experiment consisted of warming (open-top chambers - OTC) and water table manipulation. The application of OTC increased the mean values of daily maximum air temperature by approx. 1.1–1.8 °C. Warming or the increased water table depth separately resulted in an increase in ecosystem respiration by approx. 0.1 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1 and 0.3 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1, respectively. However, our results show also the additive nature of warming and water table drawdown impact on daily RECO during the studied years (2013–0.80 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1 and 2014–1.16 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1). With the natural dry period event which occurred in 2014, the seasonal RECO increased by approx. 0.2 μmol CO2 m−2 s−1 as compared to the previous year. Projected global warming will therefore significantly enhance C loss from poor fens in this region of Europe.

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Accepted/In Press date: 10 January 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 23 January 2018
Published date: June 2018
Keywords: Climate change, Climate manipulation design, Ecosystem respiration, Open top chambers, Poor fen, Water table depth

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Local EPrints ID: 417662
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/417662
ISSN: 0277-5212
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ORCID for Bjorn J.M. Robroek: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-0652

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Author: Mateusz Samson
Author: Sandra Słowińska
Author: Michał Słowiński
Author: Mariusz Lamentowicz
Author: Jan Barabach
Author: Kamila Harenda
Author: Małgorzata Zielińska
Author: Bjorn J.M. Robroek ORCID iD
Author: Vincent E.J. Jassey
Author: Alexandre Buttler
Author: Bogdan H. Chojnicki

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