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How do water table drawdown, duration of drainage and warming influence greenhouse gas emissions from drained peatlands of the Zoige Plateau?
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  • Dan Xue,
  • Huai Chen,
  • Wei Zhan,
  • Xinya Huang,
  • Yixin He,
  • chuan zhao,
  • Dan Zhu,
  • Jianliang Liu
Dan Xue
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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Huai Chen
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Wei Zhan
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Xinya Huang
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Yixin He
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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chuan zhao
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Dan Zhu
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Jianliang Liu
Chengdu Institute of Biology, CAS
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Abstract

As an important soil carbon pool in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), alpine peatland are extremely sensitive to global change. Duration of drainage and water table drawdown accelerate peatland degradation due to the soil changed from anaerobic condition to aerobic condition, which may even worsen under climate warming. Hence, the objective of our research was to evaluate the effect of drainage on microbial characteristics, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and their influencing factors, and further analyze whether the the variability of GHG emissions increases with warming. The results showed that the influence of water table drawdown on microbial communities were greater than that of duration of drainage. Both the fungal and prokaryotic community compositions varied with water table gradient, and soil microbiota may served as a biomarker to analyze the differences in GHG emissions among three different water table treatments. Intriguingly, the GHG emission decreased with the increase of drainage age, while water table drawdown decreased the emissions of CO2 and CH4, and increased the emission of N2O. In addition, high temperature increased CO2 by 75% and N2O by 42%, but not significantly decreased the CH4 emission rates. Structural equation modeling showed that microbe was the primary factor affecting GHG emissions from drained peatlands, especially prokaryotes. In all, this study indicate water table has a greater effect on GHG emissions than duration of drainage, and the variability of GHG emissions increases with warming.
13 Aug 2020Submitted to Land Degradation & Development
13 Aug 2020Submission Checks Completed
13 Aug 2020Assigned to Editor
27 Sep 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
03 Oct 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
16 Oct 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
03 Dec 20201st Revision Received
03 Dec 2020Submission Checks Completed
03 Dec 2020Assigned to Editor
27 Mar 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
18 Apr 2021Editorial Decision: Revise Major
26 Apr 20212nd Revision Received
26 Apr 2021Submission Checks Completed
26 Apr 2021Assigned to Editor
27 Apr 2021Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
16 May 2021Editorial Decision: Accept
28 May 2021Published in Land Degradation & Development. 10.1002/ldr.4013