Fluvial organic carbon fluxes from oil palm plantations on tropical peatland

Cook, Sarah; Whelan, Mick J.; Evans, Chris D.; Gauci, Vincent; Peacock, Mike; Garnett, Mark H.; Kho, Lip Khoon; Teh, Yit Arn; Page, Susan E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-7435-2018

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21 Dec 2018

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Fluvial organic carbon fluxes from oil palm plantations on tropical peatland

Sarah Cook, Mick J. Whelan, Chris D. Evans, Vincent Gauci, Mike Peacock, Mark H. Garnett, Lip Khoon Kho, Yit Arn Teh, and Susan E. Page

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RC1: 'Review BG-2018-417', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Nov 2018
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RC2: 'Review comments for Cook et al. 2018', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Nov 2018
- AC2: 'Initial responses to Reviewer 2', Sarah Cook, 26 Nov 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (27 Nov 2018) by Steven Bouillon

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This paper presents the first comprehensive assessment of fluvial organic carbon loss from oil palm plantations on tropical peat: a carbon loss pathway previously unaccounted for from carbon budgets. Carbon in the water draining four plantations in Sarawak was monitored across a 1-year period. Greater fluvial carbon losses were linked to sites with lower water tables. These data will be used to complete the carbon budget from these ecosystems and assess the full impact of this land conversion.