Authors:
Jamie A Duberstein, Todd J Hawbaker, Gary K. Speiran, Zhilang Zhu, Nicole Cormier and Frederic C Wurster
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
carbon-sequestration, chamaecyparis-thyoides, dendrometer, pocosin, tree-growth
Documentfile:
ipc16p681-685a205duberstein.hawbaker.etal_.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
To better understand differences in carbon budgets among peatland forest types, we surveyed trees, saplings, and shrubs at three replicate field plots across three different forest types (n = 9 field plots) in the Great Dismal Swamp, a 450 km2 forested peatland in Virginia and North Carolina, USA. Our goal was to estimate standing carbon stocks via biomass calculations, and measure growth rates of co-dominant trees. Forest types included healthy, mature Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides); healthy, mature tall pond pine (Pinus serotina) pocosin; and a mix of red maple (Acer rubrum) and blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica), which are associated with degraded conditions and not…