Carbon balance of a restored and cutover raised bog: implications for restoration and comparison to global trends

Swenson, Michael M.; Regan, Shane; Bremmers, Dirk T. H.; Lawless, Jenna; Saunders, Matthew; Gill, Laurence W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-713-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-713-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-713-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

Research article

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06 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 06 Feb 2019

Carbon balance of a restored and cutover raised bog: implications for restoration and comparison to global trends

Michael M. Swenson, Shane Regan, Dirk T. H. Bremmers, Jenna Lawless, Matthew Saunders, and Laurence W. Gill

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RC1: 'Review of "C balance of a restored and cutover bog"', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Reviewer 1 Response', Michael Swenson, 26 Nov 2018
RC2: 'Swenson et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'Reviewer 2 Response', Michael Swenson, 26 Nov 2018

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (07 Dec 2018) by Christopher A. Williams

AR by Michael Swenson on behalf of the Authors (29 Dec 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Jan 2019) by Christopher A. Williams

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Abbeyleix Bog in the Irish Midlands contains areas that were historically harvested for peat and then abandoned as well as areas that were never harvested. This study measured the carbon balance for both harvested locations and unharvested locations at Abbeyleix Bog. Measurements were conducted in the field over 2 years. This was carried out to understand how the historic harvesting and later abandonment of peat affect greenhouse gas emissions.