Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale
Peatlands account for 15 to 30% of the world’s soil carbon (C) stock and are important controls over global nitrogen (N) cycles. However, C and N concentrations are known to vary among peatlands contributing to the uncertainty of global C inventories, but there are few global studies that relate pea...
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| author | Watmough, Shaun Gilbert-Parkes, Spencer Basiliko, Nathan Lamit, Louis Lilleskov, Erik Andersen, Roxanne del Aguila-Pasquel, Jhon Artz, Rebekka Benscoter, Brian Borken, Werner Enriquez, Andrea Soledad Zahn, Geoff |
| author_browse | Andersen, Roxanne Artz, Rebekka Basiliko, Nathan Benscoter, Brian Borken, Werner Enriquez, Andrea Soledad Gilbert-Parkes, Spencer Lamit, Louis Lilleskov, Erik Watmough, Shaun Zahn, Geoff del Aguila-Pasquel, Jhon |
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| description | Peatlands account for 15 to 30% of the world’s soil carbon (C) stock and are important controls over global nitrogen (N) cycles. However, C and N concentrations are known to vary among peatlands contributing to the uncertainty of global C inventories, but there are few global studies that relate peatland classification to peat chemistry. We analyzed 436 peat cores sampled in 24 countries across six continents and measured C, N, and organic matter (OM) content at three depths down to 70 cm. Sites were distinguished between northern (387) and tropical (49) peatlands and assigned to one of six distinct broadly recognized peatland categories that vary primarily along a pH gradient. Peat C and N concentrations, OM content, and C:N ratios differed significantly among peatland categories, but few differences in chemistry with depth were found within each category. Across all peatlands C and N concentrations in the 10–20 cm layer, were 440 ± 85.1 g kg-1 and 13.9 ± 7.4 g kg-1, with an average C:N ratio of 30.1 ± 20.8. Among peatland categories, median C concentrations were highest in bogs, poor fens and tropical swamps (446–532 g kg-1) and lowest in intermediate and extremely rich fens (375–414 g kg-1). The C:OM ratio in peat was similar across most peatland categories, except in deeper samples from ombrotrophic tropical peat swamps that were higher than other peatlands categories. Peat N concentrations and C:N ratios varied approximately two-fold among peatland categories and N concentrations tended to be higher (and C:N lower) in intermediate fens compared with other peatland types. This study reports on a unique data set and demonstrates that differences in peat C and OM concentrations among broadly classified peatland categories are predictable, which can aid future studies that use land cover assessments to refine global peatland C and N stocks. |
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| spelling | INTA149152023-08-15T16:24:41Z Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale Watmough, Shaun Gilbert-Parkes, Spencer Basiliko, Nathan Lamit, Louis Lilleskov, Erik Andersen, Roxanne del Aguila-Pasquel, Jhon Artz, Rebekka Benscoter, Brian Borken, Werner Enriquez, Andrea Soledad Zahn, Geoff Turberas Química del Suelo Nitrógeno Carbono Ciclo del Nitrógeno Turba Peatlands Soil Chemistry Nitrogen Carbon Nitrogen Cycle Peat Peatlands account for 15 to 30% of the world’s soil carbon (C) stock and are important controls over global nitrogen (N) cycles. However, C and N concentrations are known to vary among peatlands contributing to the uncertainty of global C inventories, but there are few global studies that relate peatland classification to peat chemistry. We analyzed 436 peat cores sampled in 24 countries across six continents and measured C, N, and organic matter (OM) content at three depths down to 70 cm. Sites were distinguished between northern (387) and tropical (49) peatlands and assigned to one of six distinct broadly recognized peatland categories that vary primarily along a pH gradient. Peat C and N concentrations, OM content, and C:N ratios differed significantly among peatland categories, but few differences in chemistry with depth were found within each category. Across all peatlands C and N concentrations in the 10–20 cm layer, were 440 ± 85.1 g kg-1 and 13.9 ± 7.4 g kg-1, with an average C:N ratio of 30.1 ± 20.8. Among peatland categories, median C concentrations were highest in bogs, poor fens and tropical swamps (446–532 g kg-1) and lowest in intermediate and extremely rich fens (375–414 g kg-1). The C:OM ratio in peat was similar across most peatland categories, except in deeper samples from ombrotrophic tropical peat swamps that were higher than other peatlands categories. Peat N concentrations and C:N ratios varied approximately two-fold among peatland categories and N concentrations tended to be higher (and C:N lower) in intermediate fens compared with other peatland types. This study reports on a unique data set and demonstrates that differences in peat C and OM concentrations among broadly classified peatland categories are predictable, which can aid future studies that use land cover assessments to refine global peatland C and N stocks. EEA Bariloche Fil: Watmough, Shaun. Trent University. School of the Environment; Canadá Fil: Gilbert-Parkes, Spencer. Trent University. School of the Environment; Canadá Fil: Basiliko, Nathan. Laurentian University. Department of Biology and the Vale Living with Lakes Centre; Canadá Fil: Lamit, Louis. Syracuse University. Department of Biology; Estados Unidos Fil: Lilleskov, Erik. Northern Research Station. USDA Forest Service; Estados Unidos Fil: Andersen, Roxanne. University of the Highlands and Islands. Environmental Research Institute; Reino Unido Fil: del Aguila-Pasquel, Jhon. Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana; Perú Fil: Artz, Rebekka. James Hutton Institute. Ecological Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Benscoter, Brian. Florida Atlantic University. Department of Biological Sciences; Estados Unidos Fil: Borken, Werner. University Bayreuth. Department of Soil Ecology; Alemania Fil: Enriquez, Andrea Soledad. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias; Argentina Fil: Enriquez, Andrea Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias; Argentina Fil: Zahn, Geoff. Utah Valley University; Estados Unidos 2023-08-15T16:16:05Z 2023-08-15T16:16:05Z 2022-11-23 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14915 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275149 1932-6203 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275149 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf PLOS PLoS ONE 17 (11) : e0275149. (November 23, 2022) |
| spellingShingle | Turberas Química del Suelo Nitrógeno Carbono Ciclo del Nitrógeno Turba Peatlands Soil Chemistry Nitrogen Carbon Nitrogen Cycle Peat Watmough, Shaun Gilbert-Parkes, Spencer Basiliko, Nathan Lamit, Louis Lilleskov, Erik Andersen, Roxanne del Aguila-Pasquel, Jhon Artz, Rebekka Benscoter, Brian Borken, Werner Enriquez, Andrea Soledad Zahn, Geoff Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale |
| title | Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale |
| title_full | Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale |
| title_fullStr | Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale |
| title_short | Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale |
| title_sort | variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale |
| topic | Turberas Química del Suelo Nitrógeno Carbono Ciclo del Nitrógeno Turba Peatlands Soil Chemistry Nitrogen Carbon Nitrogen Cycle Peat |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14915 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275149 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275149 |
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