A direct approach to quantifying organic matter lost as a result of peatland wildfire
We describe a direct approach to quantifying the amount of organic matter consumed in peatlands during a single fire event, based on differences in ash concentrations between burned peat at the surface of peat cores and underlying unburned peat. We collected six peat cores at each of two continental...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/x00-170 2024-05-19T07:47:08+00:00 A direct approach to quantifying organic matter lost as a result of peatland wildfire Turetsky, M R Wieder, R K 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x00-170 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/x00-170 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Forest Research volume 31, issue 2, page 363-366 ISSN 0045-5067 1208-6037 journal-article 2001 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/x00-170 2024-05-02T06:51:26Z We describe a direct approach to quantifying the amount of organic matter consumed in peatlands during a single fire event, based on differences in ash concentrations between burned peat at the surface of peat cores and underlying unburned peat. We collected six peat cores at each of two continental bog and two permafrost bog sites, 3 months after a March 1999 wildfire. Results suggest high within-site variation in the amount of organic matter burned, with no significant differences between the four peatland sites or between continental and permafrost bogs. Averaged across all sites, 2.2 ± 0.5 kg C·m 2 (mean ± SE, n = 24) of organic matter was consumed as a result of this single fire, a value consistent with those in the literature. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31 2 363 366 |
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We describe a direct approach to quantifying the amount of organic matter consumed in peatlands during a single fire event, based on differences in ash concentrations between burned peat at the surface of peat cores and underlying unburned peat. We collected six peat cores at each of two continental bog and two permafrost bog sites, 3 months after a March 1999 wildfire. Results suggest high within-site variation in the amount of organic matter burned, with no significant differences between the four peatland sites or between continental and permafrost bogs. Averaged across all sites, 2.2 ± 0.5 kg C·m 2 (mean ± SE, n = 24) of organic matter was consumed as a result of this single fire, a value consistent with those in the literature. |
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A direct approach to quantifying organic matter lost as a result of peatland wildfire |
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