North American prairie wetlands are important nonforested land-based carbon storage sites
Science of the Total Environment
By: N.H. Euliss Jr., R.A. Gleason, A. Olness, R.L. McDougal, H.R. Murkin, R.D. Robarts, R.A. Bourbonniere, and B.G. Warner
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Abstract
We evaluated the potential of prairie wetlands in North America as carbon sinks. Agricultural conversion has resulted in the average loss of 10.1 Mg ha- 1 of soil organic carbon on over 16 million ha of wetlands in this region. Wetland restoration has potential to sequester 378 Tg of organic carbon over a 10-year period. Wetlands can sequester over twice the organic carbon as no-till cropland on only about 17% of the total land area in the region. We estimate that wetland restoration has potential to offset 2.4% of the annual fossil CO2 emission reported for North America in 1990.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | North American prairie wetlands are important nonforested land-based carbon storage sites |
| Series title | Science of the Total Environment |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.06.007 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1-3 |
| Year Published | 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | p. 179-188 |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Science of the Total Environment |
| First page | 179 |
| Last page | 188 |
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