Authors:
Faustina Elfrida Sangok, Nagamitsu Maie, Lulie Melling and Akira Watanabe
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
decomposition, greenhouse-gas, tropical-peat, vegetation
Documentfile:
ipc16p292-295a105sangokmaie.etal_.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
The effect of forest type on the decomposability and greenhouse gas fluxes of tropical peat soils after conversion to an oil palm plantation was evaluated through a field incubation experiment of peat soils from three representative types of primary forest in Sarawak, Malaysia, namely Mixed Peat Swamp (MPS), Alan Batu (ABt), and Alan Bunga (ABg). Carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) fluxes were measured on a monthly basis for 36 months. The CO2and CH4 fluxes ranged from 78‒625 mg C m-2 h-1 and -67‒653 ≧g C m-2 h-1, respectively. Both of CO2 and CH4…