Water level, vegetation composition, and plant productivity explain
greenhouse gas fluxes in temperate cutover fens after inundation

Minke, Merten; Augustin, Jürgen; Burlo, Andrei; Yarmashuk, Tatsiana; Chuvashova, Hanna; Thiele, Annett; Freibauer, Annette; Tikhonov, Vitalij; Hoffmann, Mathias

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3945-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3945-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3945-2016

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 13

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08 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 08 Jul 2016

Water level, vegetation composition, and plant productivity explain greenhouse gas fluxes in temperate cutover fens after inundation

Merten Minke, Jürgen Augustin, Andrei Burlo, Tatsiana Yarmashuk, Hanna Chuvashova, Annett Thiele, Annette Freibauer, Vitalij Tikhonov, and Mathias Hoffmann

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RC C8469: 'doi:10.5194/bgd-12-17393-2015: Water level, vegetation composition and plant productivity explain greenhouse gas fluxes in temperate cutover fens after inundation.', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Dec 2015
- AC C9724: 'Biogeosciences Discuss., 12, 17393– 17452, 2015, final author comments on Referee #1 and Referee #2', Merten Minke, 14 Feb 2016
RC C9168: 'Interesting contribution but lengthy and full of numbers in text that make it hard to read', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Jan 2016
- AC C9723: 'Biogeosciences Discuss., 12, 17393– 17452, 2015, final author comments on Referee #1 and Referee #2 to', Merten Minke, 14 Feb 2016

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Feb 2016) by Paul Stoy

AR by Merten Minke on behalf of the Authors (02 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Apr 2016) by Paul Stoy

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (29 Apr 2016)

ED: Publish as is (05 Jun 2016) by Paul Stoy

AR by Merten Minke on behalf of the Authors (05 Jun 2016)

Short summary

We studied GHG emissions along water-level gradients of two inundated cutover fens with closed chambers. N₂O fluxes were negligible. CO₂ and CH₄ fluxes were controlled by vegetation composition and plant productivity, which in turn depended on water level and nutrient conditions. CH₄ fluxes from mesotrophic sites were low and largely compensated for by CO₂ uptake. Eutrophic sites were strong CH₄ sources, and GHG balances depended on the plant's net C sink, which strongly differed between species.