North American prairie wetlands are important nonforested land-based carbon storage sites

Science of the Total Environment
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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.
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 361
Issue 1-3
Year Published 2006
Language English
Contributing office(s) Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Description 10 p.
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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