From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach
Of all terrestrial ecosystems, peatlands store carbon most effectively in long-term scales of millennia. However, many peatlands have been drained for peat extraction or agricultural use. This converts peatlands from sinks to sources of carbon, causing approx. 5% of the anthropogenic greenhouse effe...
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| author | Gerald Jurasinski Sate Ahmad Alba Anadon-Rosell Jacqueline Berendt Florian Beyer Ralf Bill Gesche Blume-Werry John Couwenberg Anke Günther Hans Joosten Franziska Koebsch Daniel Köhn Nils Koldrack Jürgen Kreyling Peter Leinweber Bernd Lennartz Haojie Liu Dierk Michaelis Almut Mrotzek Wakene Negassa Sandra Schenk Franziska Schmacka Sarah Schwieger Marko Smiljanić Franziska Tanneberger Laurenz Teuber Tim Urich Haitao Wang Micha Weil Martin Wilmking Dominik Zak Nicole Wrage-Mönnig |
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| description | Of all terrestrial ecosystems, peatlands store carbon most effectively in long-term scales of millennia. However, many peatlands have been drained for peat extraction or agricultural use. This converts peatlands from sinks to sources of carbon, causing approx. 5% of the anthropogenic greenhouse effect and additional negative effects on other ecosystem services. Rewetting peatlands can mitigate climate change and may be combined with management in the form of paludiculture. Rewetted peatlands, however, do not equal their pristine ancestors and their ecological functioning is not understood. This holds true especially for groundwater-fed fens. Their functioning results from manifold interactions and can only be understood following an integrative approach of many relevant fields of science, which we merge in the interdisciplinary project WETSCAPES. Here, we address interactions among water transport and chemistry, primary production, peat formation, matter transformation and transport, microbial community, and greenhouse gas exchange using state of the art methods. We record data on six study sites spread across three common fen types (Alder forest, percolation fen, and coastal fen), each in drained and rewetted states. First results revealed that indicators reflecting more long-term effects like vegetation and soil chemistry showed a stronger differentiation between drained and rewetted states than variables with a more immediate reaction to environmental change, like greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Variations in microbial community composition explained differences in soil chemical data as well as vegetation composition and GHG exchange. We show the importance of developing an integrative understanding of managed fen peatlands and their ecosystem functioning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28b89bdbadce4d31b9c43d074d59e8792022-12-21T17:31:25ZengMDPI AGSoil Systems2571-87892020-03-01411410.3390/soilsystems4010014soilsystems4010014From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES ApproachGerald Jurasinski0Sate Ahmad1Alba Anadon-Rosell2Jacqueline Berendt3Florian Beyer4Ralf Bill5Gesche Blume-Werry6John Couwenberg7Anke Günther8Hans Joosten9Franziska Koebsch10Daniel Köhn11Nils Koldrack12Jürgen Kreyling13Peter Leinweber14Bernd Lennartz15Haojie Liu16Dierk Michaelis17Almut Mrotzek18Wakene Negassa19Sandra Schenk20Franziska Schmacka21Sarah Schwieger22Marko Smiljanić23Franziska Tanneberger24Laurenz Teuber25Tim Urich26Haitao Wang27Micha Weil28Martin Wilmking29Dominik Zak30Nicole Wrage-Mönnig31Landscape Ecology and Site Evaluation, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanySoil Physics, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyLandscape Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanyGrassland and Fodder Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyGeodesy and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyGeodesy and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyExperimental Plant Ecology, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanyPeatland Studies and Palaeoecology, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, University of Greifswald, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanyLandscape Ecology and Site Evaluation, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyPeatland Studies and Palaeoecology, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, University of Greifswald, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanyLandscape Ecology and Site Evaluation, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyLandscape Ecology and Site Evaluation, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyGeodesy and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyExperimental Plant Ecology, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanySoil Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanySoil Physics, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanySoil Physics, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyPeatland Studies and Palaeoecology, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, University of Greifswald, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanyPeatland Studies and Palaeoecology, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, University of Greifswald, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanySoil Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyGeodesy and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyGrassland and Fodder Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyExperimental Plant Ecology, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanyLandscape Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanyPeatland Studies and Palaeoecology, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, University of Greifswald, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanyExperimental Plant Ecology, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanyBacterial Physiology, Institute of Microbiology, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 8, 17489 Greifswald, GermanyBacterial Physiology, Institute of Microbiology, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 8, 17489 Greifswald, GermanyBacterial Physiology, Institute of Microbiology, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 8, 17489 Greifswald, GermanyLandscape Ecology and Ecosystem Dynamics, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, partner in the Greifswald Mire Centre, Soldmannstr. 15, 17487 Greifswald, GermanyBioscience, Faculty of Technology, University of Aarhus, Vejlsovej 25, 8600 Silkeborg, DenmarkGrassland and Fodder Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, J.-v.-Liebig-Weg 6, 18051 Rostock, GermanyOf all terrestrial ecosystems, peatlands store carbon most effectively in long-term scales of millennia. However, many peatlands have been drained for peat extraction or agricultural use. This converts peatlands from sinks to sources of carbon, causing approx. 5% of the anthropogenic greenhouse effect and additional negative effects on other ecosystem services. Rewetting peatlands can mitigate climate change and may be combined with management in the form of paludiculture. Rewetted peatlands, however, do not equal their pristine ancestors and their ecological functioning is not understood. This holds true especially for groundwater-fed fens. Their functioning results from manifold interactions and can only be understood following an integrative approach of many relevant fields of science, which we merge in the interdisciplinary project WETSCAPES. Here, we address interactions among water transport and chemistry, primary production, peat formation, matter transformation and transport, microbial community, and greenhouse gas exchange using state of the art methods. We record data on six study sites spread across three common fen types (Alder forest, percolation fen, and coastal fen), each in drained and rewetted states. First results revealed that indicators reflecting more long-term effects like vegetation and soil chemistry showed a stronger differentiation between drained and rewetted states than variables with a more immediate reaction to environmental change, like greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Variations in microbial community composition explained differences in soil chemical data as well as vegetation composition and GHG exchange. We show the importance of developing an integrative understanding of managed fen peatlands and their ecosystem functioning.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/4/1/14fenpaludiculturerewettingdrainagematter fluxesinterdisciplinary |
| spellingShingle | Gerald Jurasinski Sate Ahmad Alba Anadon-Rosell Jacqueline Berendt Florian Beyer Ralf Bill Gesche Blume-Werry John Couwenberg Anke Günther Hans Joosten Franziska Koebsch Daniel Köhn Nils Koldrack Jürgen Kreyling Peter Leinweber Bernd Lennartz Haojie Liu Dierk Michaelis Almut Mrotzek Wakene Negassa Sandra Schenk Franziska Schmacka Sarah Schwieger Marko Smiljanić Franziska Tanneberger Laurenz Teuber Tim Urich Haitao Wang Micha Weil Martin Wilmking Dominik Zak Nicole Wrage-Mönnig From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach Soil Systems fen paludiculture rewetting drainage matter fluxes interdisciplinary |
| title | From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach |
| title_full | From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach |
| title_fullStr | From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach |
| title_short | From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach |
| title_sort | from understanding to sustainable use of peatlands the wetscapes approach |
| topic | fen paludiculture rewetting drainage matter fluxes interdisciplinary |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/4/1/14 |
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