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Articles | Volume 16, issue 13
Articles | Volume 16, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2651-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2651-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 16, issue 13
Research article
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09 Jul 2019
Research article |  | 09 Jul 2019

Wildfire overrides hydrological controls on boreal peatland methane emissions

Scott J. Davidson, Christine Van Beest, Richard Petrone, and Maria Strack

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Short summary
Boreal peatlands represent an important store of carbon and wildfire can have a significant impact on carbon exchange. We assessed the impact of fire on methane (CH4) emissions using both a field and laboratory study. We found that fire switched the typical understanding of peatland CH4 emissions, burned sites having significantly reduced emissions (likely due to reduction in organic matter for CH4 production) and no relationship with water table, unlike at the unburned site.
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