Nitrous oxide emissions from a peatbog after 13 years of experimental nitrogen deposition

Leeson, Sarah R.; Levy, Peter E.; van Dijk, Netty; Drewer, Julia; Robinson, Sophie; Jones, Matthew R.; Kentisbeer, John; Washbourne, Ian; Sutton, Mark A.; Sheppard, Lucy J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5753-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 24

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5753-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5753-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 24

Research article

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21 Dec 2017

Research article |

| 21 Dec 2017

Nitrous oxide emissions from a peatbog after 13 years of experimental nitrogen deposition

Sarah R. Leeson, Peter E. Levy, Netty van Dijk, Julia Drewer, Sophie Robinson, Matthew R. Jones, John Kentisbeer, Ian Washbourne, Mark A. Sutton, and Lucy J. Sheppard

Data sets

Nitrous oxide emissions from Whim peatbog after thirteen years of experimental nitrogen deposition, Dataset P. E. Levy and S. R. Leeson https://doi.org/10.5285/7c1dd26a-5df5-4b90-854b-70d0d97eb78a

Short summary

Nitrogen deposition was experimentally increased on a Scottish peat bog over a period of 13 years (2002–2015), simulating pollution from agricultural and fossil-fuel sources. We measured emissions of the greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N₂O), in response to the increased nitrogen input. In the plots treated with ammonium and nitrate solution, no response was seen. Areas subjected to high ammonia emitted more N₂O than expected. Differences were related to impacts on the vegetation.