Auteurs
Ciska C Overbeek, Sarah Faye Harpenslager, Jeroen P Van Zuidam, E Emiel Van Loon, Leon PM Lamers, Merel B Soons, Wim Admiraal, Jos TA Verhoeven, Alfons JP Smolders, Jan GM Roelofs, Harm G Van Der Geest
Publicatiedatum
2020/8
Tijdschrift
Ecosystems
Volume
23
Pagina's
1019-1036
Uitgever
Springer US
Beschrijving
Newly constructed wetlands are created to provide a range of ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration. Our understanding of the initial factors leading to successful peat formation in such environments is, however, limited. In a new 100-ha wetland that was created north of Amsterdam (the Netherlands), we conducted an experiment to determine the best combination of abiotic and biotic starting conditions for initial peat-forming processes. Sediment conditions were the main driver of vegetation development, biomass production and elemental composition during the 3-year study period. Overall, helophytes (Typha spp.) dominated basins with nutrient-rich conditions, whereas nutrient-poor basins were covered by submerged vegetation, which produced about seven times less aboveground biomass than helophytes. The C/N ratios for all plant species and biomass components were generally lower under …
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