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

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'N2O emission from peatlands', Tim Moore, 04 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referees' comments', Peter E. Levy, 15 Aug 2016
RC2: 'Ms No.: bg-2016-70', Dejun Li, 08 Jul 2016

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (01 Sep 2016) by Xinming Wang

AR by Peter E. Levy on behalf of the Authors (13 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Oct 2016) by Xinming Wang

AR by Peter E. Levy on behalf of the Authors (31 Oct 2016)

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.