Title: Post-extraction restored peatland methane production and emission
Citation: Strachan, I.B. and K.A. Nugent. 2020. Post-extraction restored peatland methane production and emission ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/06bd77780950f582a950ecfdc444c2f0 (Accessed 2025-11-20).
Study Site: Rivière-du-Loup, Québec
Purpose: Peatland degradation due to human activities is contributing to rising atmospheric CO2 levels. Restoring the carbon (C) sink function in degraded peatlands and preventing further stored C losses is a key climate mitigation strategy, given the global scale of peatland disturbance. Active restoration at a post-extraction peatland in Canada has been shown to successfully re-establish net CO2 uptake rates similar to undisturbed peatlands within a decade or two. However, lower than expected CH4 emissions suggest recovery of belowground C cycling processes may lag behind recovery of the surface net flux.
Abstract: CO2 and CH4 fluxes, gas temperature, DOC, dCH4, and acetate concentration for a cutover restored peatland in Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, data collected in 2016
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Research:
Further Info: Nugent, K.A., Strachan, I.B., Strack, M., Roulet, N.T., Ström, L., Chanton, J.P. (2021). Cutover Peat Limits Methane Production Causing Low Emission at a Restored Peatland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005909
Status: Complete
Keywords:
carbon dioxide,
peat properties,
methane,
reclamation/restoration,
soil carbon,
Isotopes,
Geographical coordinates: North: 47.967208, South: 47.967208 East: -69.428639 West: -69.428639
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2016-01-01, End
Date: 2016-12-31
