PRAIRIE WETLANDS OF NORTH AMERICA IMPORTANT FOR CARBON STORAGE

2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)
Paper No. 101-10

Presentation Time: 4:05 PM-4:20 PM
PRAIRIE WETLANDS OF NORTH AMERICA IMPORTANT FOR CARBON STORAGE
EULISS, Ned H. Jr.¹, GLEASON, Robert A.¹, OLNESS, Alan², MCDOUGAL, Rhonda L.³, MURKIN, Henry R.³, ROBARTS, Richard D.⁴, BOURBONNIERE, Richard A.⁵, and WARNER, Barry G.⁶, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Rsch Ctr, 8711 37th Street Southeast, Jamestown, ND 58401-7317, robert_gleason@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Central Soil Conservation Rsch Lab, 803 Iowa Ave, Morris, MN 56267-1065, (3) Ducks Unlimited Canada, Institute for Wetlands and Waterfowl Rsch, PO Box 1160, Stonewall, MB R0C 2Z0, (4) Environment Canada, National Water Rsch Institute, 11 Innovation Blvd, Saskatoon, SK S7n 35H, Canada, (5) Environment Canada, National Water Rsch Institute, 867 Lakeshore Road, P.O. Box 5050, Burlington, ON L7R 4A6, Canada, (6) Wetlands Research Centre, Univ of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada We evaluated the potential of prairie pothole wetlands in North America to store atmospheric carbon. Wetland restoration in this region has potential to sequester over twice the organic carbon as no-till cropland on about 23% of the total land area in the region. Wetland restoration typically involves reestablishment of adjacent grassland that provides additional carbon storage. Although studies for North America are lacking, research from a similar geographic area in Germany suggests that wetland restoration may result in reduced emission of methane and nitrous oxide.
2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 101 Ecological Stoichiometry: Elemental Cycling and Biogeochemical Interactions in Ecosystem Processes Washington State Convention and Trade Center: 400 1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, November 3, 2003 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 35, No. 6, September 2003, p. 272
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