Description
Ecosystem productivity data primarily from two forest census plots, NYO-03 and VEN-02, located in the Pastaza-Marañón Basin in Amazonian Peru.
Site NYO-03 is a peatland pole forest, and Site VEN-02 is a palm swamp. The aim of the measurements was to estimate and compare rates of litter and root production and decay at the two sites, over a complete annual cycle, in order to understand the dynamics of carbon accumulation in peat in this region. Selected datasets extend to other sites, in order to provide some context for the measurements from NYO-03 and VEN-02. Downcore data from peat cores from the sites provide palaeoecological information.
Site NYO-03 is a peatland pole forest, and Site VEN-02 is a palm swamp. The aim of the measurements was to estimate and compare rates of litter and root production and decay at the two sites, over a complete annual cycle, in order to understand the dynamics of carbon accumulation in peat in this region. Selected datasets extend to other sites, in order to provide some context for the measurements from NYO-03 and VEN-02. Downcore data from peat cores from the sites provide palaeoecological information.
| Date made available | 2023 |
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| Publisher | Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) |
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Peatland resilience: Knowledge exchange: Peatland resilience: Knowledge exchange for the conservation and sustainable management of forested tropical peatlands
Honorio Coronado, E. (PI)
Natural Environment Research Council
13/10/21 → 12/10/24
Project: Fellowship
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Carbon storage in Amazonian peatlands: Carbon storage in Amazonian peatlands: distribution and dynamics
Lawson, I. (PI) & Roucoux, K. (CoI)
Natural Environment Research Council
1/12/17 → 28/02/22
Project: Standard
Research output
- 1 Article
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Holocene patterns of peat accumulation in Peruvian Amazonia
Lawson, I., Åkesson, C., Dargie, G. C., del Aguila Pasquel, J., Draper, F. C., Hastie, A., Kelly, T. J., Sassoon, D., Abraham, V., Baker, T. R., Fabel, D., Gulliver, P., Honorio Coronado, E. & Roucoux, K., 15 Mar 2026, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 686, 113579.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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