Linking blanket bog management, habitat status and climate to peat chemistry, carbon storage and water quality

该项目将探索支撑泥炭的化学性质对分解的影响，以及由此产生的沼泽生态系统服务，特别是碳储存和水质。该项目将利用除中观研究外设立的一个现有的DEFRA项目。泥炭的化学成分将从退化到修复地点的光谱以及从烧毁、修剪和未砍伐的控制区确定。将测量来自不同气候情景的原地和中生态系统的分解和孔隙水质量。将调查植被和引水对分解和水质的影响。该项目的总体目标是确定控制泥炭地碳循环的与化工厂-土壤有关的关键过程，以便就最佳做法管理提出合理的建议。

The project will explore the underpinning peat chemical properties impacting on decomposition and resulting blanket bog ecosystem services specifically carbon storage and water quality. The project will make use of an existing Defra project set up in addition to a mesocosm study. Chemical composition of peat from a spectrum of degraded to restored sites and from burnt, mown and uncut control areas will be identified. Decomposition and pore water quality in situ and in mesocosms from various climate scenarios will be measured. Vegetation and priming effects on decomposition and water quality will be investigated. The overall project aim is to identify key chemical plant-soil related process regulating peatland carbon cycling in order to produce sound advice on best practice management.