Effect of compaction on soil CO2 and CH4 fluxes from tropical peatland in Sarawak, Malaysia
Date
2021
Authors
Nur Azima Busman
Nagamitsu Maie
Che Fauziah Ishak
Muhammad Firdaus Sulaiman
Lulie Melling
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Publisher
Springer
Abstract
Tropical peatland stores a large amount of carbon (C) and is an important C sink. In Malaysia, about 25% of the peatland area has been converted to oil palm plantation where drainage, compaction and groundwater table control are prerequisite. To date, relationship between land compaction and C emission from tropical peatland is scarcely studied. To understand the effect of compaction on soil carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) flux from tropical peatland, a laboratory soil column incubation was conducted.
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Keywords
CO2 flux, CH4 flux, Soil compaction, Soil bulk density, Tropical peatlands
Citation
Busman, N. A., Maie, N., Ishak, C. F., Sulaiman, M. F., & Melling, L. (2021). Effect of compaction on soil CO 2 and CH 4 fluxes from tropical peatland in Sarawak, Malaysia. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23, 11646-11659.