Summer CO2 and CH4 fluxes from emerging Sphagnum lawns in a rewetted extracted peatland in Sweden

Authors:
Sabine Jordan, Monika Strömgren, Jan Fiedler, Kristina Mjöfors, Elve Lode, Lars Lundin & Torbjörn Nilsson

Book:
Responsible Management of Peatlands

Venue:
Aberdeen

Keywords:
fluxes, rewetting, sweden

Documentfile:
abd17pdf.jordan-abstract-poster.pdf

Summary:

16 years (2015) after rewetting a nutrient-poor extracted peatland, a functioning wetland ecosystem with stable hydrology and characteristic peatland vegetation has been established. Some parts of the restored wetland are covered by almost 100 % of Sphagnum and…