Evaluating effects of land management on greenhouse gas fluxes and carbon balances in boreo-temperate lowland peatland systems

Environmental Evidence

Andrew S Pullin³  Sarah E Dalrymple⁴  Davey L Jones¹  John R Healey¹  Chris D Evans²  Annette Burden²  Neal R Haddaway³ 

[1] School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK;NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, UK;Centre for Evidence-Based Conservation, School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UK;School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK

关键词: Extraction;    Agriculture;    Restoration;    Drainage;    Land management;    Nitrous oxide;    Methane;    Carbon dioxide;    Carbon;    Greenhouse gas;    Peat;    Boreo-temperate;    Lowland;   

Others  :  800924
DOI  :  10.1186/2047-2382-3-5

 received in 2013-07-24, accepted in 2014-01-28,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Peatlands cover 2 to 5 percent of the global land area, while storing between 30 and 50 percent of all global soil carbon (C). Peatlands constitute a substantial sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) via photosynthesis and organic matter accumulation, but also release methane (CH₄), nitrous oxide (N₂O), and CO₂ through respiration, all of which are powerful greenhouse gases (GHGs). Lowland peats in boreo-temperate regions may store substantial amounts of C and are subject to disproportionately high land-use pressure. Whilst evidence on the impacts of different land management practices on C cycling and GHG fluxes in lowland peats does exist, these data have yet to be synthesised. Here we report on the results of a Collaboration for Environmental Evidence (CEE) systematic review of this evidence.

Methods

Evidence was collated through searches of literature databases, search engines, and organisational websites using tested search strings. Screening was performed on titles, abstracts and full texts using established inclusion criteria for population, intervention/exposure, comparator, and outcome key elements. Remaining relevant full texts were critically appraised and data extracted according to pre-defined strategies. Meta-analysis was performed where sufficient data were reported.

Results

Over 26,000 articles were identified from searches, and screening of obtainable full texts resulted in the inclusion of 93 relevant articles (110 independent studies). Critical appraisal excluded 39 studies, leaving 71 to proceed to synthesis. Results indicate that drainage increases N₂O emission and the ecosystem respiration of CO₂, but decreases CH₄ emission. Secondly, naturally drier peats release more N₂O than wetter soils. Finally, restoration increases CH₄ release. Insufficient studies reported C cycling, preventing quantitative synthesis. No significant effect was identified in meta-analyses of the impact of drainage and restoration on DOC concentration.

Conclusions

Consistent patterns in C concentration and GHG release across the evidence-base may exist for certain land management practices: drainage increases N₂O production and CO₂ from respiration; drier peats release more N₂O than wetter counterparts; and restoration increases CH₄ emission. We identify several problems with the evidence-base; experimental design is often inconsistent between intervention and control samples, pseudoreplication is common, and variability measures are often unreported.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Haddaway et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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