| 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. ?? 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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| Citation Author: | Euliss, Jr. , N. H.; Gleason, R. A.; Olness, A.; McDougal, R. L.; Murkin, H. R.; Robarts, R. D.; Bourbonniere, R. A.; Warner, B. G. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Science of the Total Environment |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | North American prairie wetlands are important nonforested land-based carbon storage sites; 2006; Article; Journal; Science of the Total Environment; Euliss, Jr. , N. H.; Gleason, R. A.; Olness, A.; McDougal, R. L.; Murkin, H. R.; Robarts, R. D.; Bourbonniere, R. A.; Warner, B. G. |
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| Citation Year: | 2006 |
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| Text: | North American prairie wetlands are important nonforested land-based carbon storage sites; 2006; Article; Journal; Science of the Total Environment; Euliss, Jr. , N. H.; Gleason, R. A.; Olness, A.; McDougal, R. L.; Murkin, H. R.; Robarts, R. D.; Bourbonniere, R. A.; Warner, B. G. |
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| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.06.007 |
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