Impact of water table level on annual carbon and greenhouse  gas balances of  a restored peat extraction area

Järveoja, Järvi; Peichl, Matthias; Maddison, Martin; Soosaar, Kaido; Vellak, Kai; Karofeld, Edgar; Teemusk, Alar; Mander, Ülo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2637-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2637-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2637-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Research article

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04 May 2016

Research article |

| 04 May 2016

Impact of water table level on annual carbon and greenhouse gas balances of a restored peat extraction area

Järvi Järveoja, Matthias Peichl, Martin Maddison, Kaido Soosaar, Kai Vellak, Edgar Karofeld, Alar Teemusk, and Ülo Mander

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RC C8533: 'Referee comment on "Impact of water table level on annual carbon and greenhouse gas balances of a restored peat extraction area"', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Dec 2015
- AC C9611: 'Final author comments to Referee #1', Järvi Järveoja, 09 Feb 2016
RC C9557: 'Referee comment on "Impact of water table level..." J. Järveoja et al.', Martin Brummell, 02 Feb 2016
- AC C9616: 'Final author comments to Referee #2', Järvi Järveoja, 09 Feb 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (19 Feb 2016) by Richard Conant

AR by Järvi Järveoja on behalf of the Authors (23 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Mar 2016) by Richard Conant

ED: Publish as is (12 Apr 2016) by Richard Conant

AR by Järvi Järveoja on behalf of the Authors (12 Apr 2016)

Short summary

Restoration is suggested as a strategy to reduce the large greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from abandoned peat extraction areas. This study investigated GHG fluxes in restored sites with high and low water table level in comparison to a bare peat area. The results show that on the annual scale, both restored sites acted as similar GHG sources 3 years after restoration. However, their net GHG emissions were only half of those from the bare peat area, indicating considerable mitigation potential.