Authors:
Todd J. Hawbaker, Ashwan D. Reddy, Zhiliang Zhu, Fredric C. Wurster, and Jamie A. Duberstein
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
biomass-consumption, carbon, fire, lidar
Documentfile:
ipc16p676-680a169hawbaker.reddy_.etal_.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
Natural disturbances like fires are often unavoidable and their negative effects in peatlands can be amplified by concomitant human-driven changes such as artificial drainage. This study used pre- and post-fire airborne lidar to estimate aboveground and belowground carbon loss as a result of the South One and Lateral West Fires which burned 24 and 25 km2 in 2008 and 2011, respectively in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia and North Carolina, USA. Total carbon lost from the 2 fires was 0.60 and 1.23 Tg C, respectively. Our…