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05 Sep 2024
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Annual net CO2 fluxes from drained organic soils used for agriculture in the hemiboreal region of Europe

Arta Bārdule, Raija Laiho, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Kaido Soosaar, Andis Lazdiņš, Kęstutis Armolaitis, Aldis Butlers, Dovilė Čiuldienė, Andreas Haberl, Ain Kull, Milda Muraškienė, Ivika Ostonen, Gristin Rohula-Okunev, Muhammad Kamil-Sardar, Thomas Schindler, Hanna Vahter, Egidijus Vigricas, and Ieva Līcīte

Abstract. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from drained organic soils used for agriculture contribute significantly to the overall anthropogenic greenhouse gas budget in land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector. To justify the implementation of climate change mitigation measures on these lands, it is important to estimate at least the regional variation in annual net CO2 fluxes. This study presents the first estimates of annual net CO2 fluxes from drained nutrient-rich organic soils in cropland (8 sites) and grassland (12 sites) in the hemiboreal region of Europe, represented by Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The study sites represented both deep, and shallow highly decomposed, organic soils, categorized based on the concentration of organic carbon in the top 20-cm soil layer. In each site, CO2 flux measurements were conducted at least over two years. To estimate annual net CO2 fluxes, ecosystem respiration (Reco) and soil heterotrophic respiration (Rhet) were measured using a manual chamber technique, and carbon (C) input to soil through plant residues was estimated. Reco was strongly dependent on temperature, particularly soil temperature at 10 cm depth, but rather independent of soil water-table level and soil moisture. The overall mean annual net CO2 fluxes, calculated as the difference between annual CO2 output (Rhet) and annual C input (plant residues), was 4.8 ± 0.8 t CO2-C ha–1 yr–1 in cropland and 3.8 ± 0.7 t CO2-C ha–1 yr–1 in grassland, while the means for “true” or deep organic soil were 4.1 ± 0.7 t CO2-C ha–1 yr–1 in cropland and 3.2 ± 0.6 t CO2-C ha–1 yr–1 in grassland. Both the annual Reco and net CO2 fluxes for shallow highly decomposed organic soils, currently not recognized as organic soil by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), were of similar magnitude or even higher than those from deep organic soil, suggesting a need to separate them from mineral soils in emission estimation.

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Arta Bārdule, Raija Laiho, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Kaido Soosaar, Andis Lazdiņš, Kęstutis Armolaitis, Aldis Butlers, Dovilė Čiuldienė, Andreas Haberl, Ain Kull, Milda Muraškienė, Ivika Ostonen, Gristin Rohula-Okunev, Muhammad Kamil-Sardar, Thomas Schindler, Hanna Vahter, Egidijus Vigricas, and Ieva Līcīte

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Arta Bārdule, Raija Laiho, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Kaido Soosaar, Andis Lazdiņš, Kęstutis Armolaitis, Aldis Butlers, Dovilė Čiuldienė, Andreas Haberl, Ain Kull, Milda Muraškienė, Ivika Ostonen, Gristin Rohula-Okunev, Muhammad Kamil-Sardar, Thomas Schindler, Hanna Vahter, Egidijus Vigricas, and Ieva Līcīte
Arta Bārdule, Raija Laiho, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Kaido Soosaar, Andis Lazdiņš, Kęstutis Armolaitis, Aldis Butlers, Dovilė Čiuldienė, Andreas Haberl, Ain Kull, Milda Muraškienė, Ivika Ostonen, Gristin Rohula-Okunev, Muhammad Kamil-Sardar, Thomas Schindler, Hanna Vahter, Egidijus Vigricas, and Ieva Līcīte

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Estimates of CO2 fluxes from drained nutrient-rich organic soils in cropland and grassland in the hemiboreal region of Europe revealed that annual net CO2 fluxes were lower than the latest (2014) IPCC emission factors provided for the whole temperate zone including hemiboreal region. Contribution of CO2 fluxes from shallow highly decomposed organic soils, former peatlands that no longer meet the IPCC criterion for organic soils, to total emissions can be high and should not be underestimated.