Title: Forest management impacts on greenhouse gas fluxes from riparian soils along headwater streams
Citation: Silverthorn, T., & Richardson, J. (2021). Forest management impacts on greenhouse gas fluxes from riparian soils along headwater streams [Data set]. UBC Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/5KLUXO
Study Site: Vancouver, British Columbia
Purpose: Increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHGs; CO2, CH4, N2O) causes climate change. Depending on the conditions, soils have the potential to store carbon or to be a source of GHGs to the atmosphere. Riparian soils in particular have high potential to store carbon, but also to be sources of CH4 and N2O. Headwater streams make up a large proportion of stream length in a drainage network, and their riparian zones have valuable ecosystem functions. In parallel, the riparian zones of headwater streams are particularly vulnerable to forest harvest. Studies of GHG fluxes from these unique ecosystems remain limited. Our objective was to quantify the effects of forestry practices and groundwater discharge (DIS) areas on GHG emissions from riparian forest soils in coastal British Columbia.
Abstract: We compared nine sites with three different forest management protocols: 1) harvesting with a riparian buffer, 2) no buffer, and 3) reference sites without harvesting. We measured gas fluxes, soil temperature, soil moisture and depth to the groundwater table alongside headwater streams monthly over one growing season.
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Further Info: Silverthorn, T.K.; Richardson, J.S. (2021) Forest management impacts on greenhouse gas fluxes from riparian soils along headwater streams. Ecosystems. In press.
Status: Complete
Keywords:
methane,
carbon dioxide,
nitrous oxide,
peat properties,
headwater streams,
forest harvest,
riparian buffer,
Geographical coordinates: North: 49.16, South: 49.16 East: -122.34 West: -122.34
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2019-05-01, End
Date: 2019-10-01
