Title of article
North American prairie wetlands are important nonforested land-based carbon storage sites
Author/Authors
Ned H. Euliss Jr.a، نويسنده , , *، نويسنده , , R.A. Gleason a، نويسنده , , A. Olness b، نويسنده , , R.L. McDougal c، نويسنده , , H.R. Murkin c، نويسنده , , R.D. Robarts c، نويسنده , , R.A. Bourbonniere e، نويسنده , , B.G. Warner f، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
هفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
10
From page
179
To page
188
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.
Keywords
Global climate change , wetlands , Carbon sequestration , Prairie pothole region
Journal title
Science of the Total Environment
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Science of the Total Environment
Record number
984613
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