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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3881-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3881-2021
Research article
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29 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 29 Jun 2021

Conventional subsoil irrigation techniques do not lower carbon emissions from drained peat meadows

Stefan Theodorus Johannes Weideveld, Weier Liu, Merit van den Berg, Leon Peter Maria Lamers, and Christian Fritz

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Raising the groundwater table (GWT) trough subsoil irrigation does not lead to a reduction of carbon emissions from drained peat meadows, even though there was a clear increase in the GWT during summer. Most likely, the largest part of the peat oxidation takes place in the top 70 cm of the soil, which stays above the GWT with the use of subsoil irrigation. We conclude that the use of subsoil irrigation is ineffective as a mitigation measure to sufficiently lower peat oxidation rates.
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