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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Total Carbon Balance of a Blanket Peat Catchment |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Gerard Kiely |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | University College Cork (UCC) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 51.89348, -8.49206 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/04/2007 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 01/04/2010 |
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| Project Keywords | Peatland; Natural carbon sink; Eddy covariance; Carbon balance |
| Project Abstract | An assessment of the carbon sink source potential of peatlands should include the losses of carbon in streamwater in addition to the biosphere-atmosphere exchange of CO2 and CH4. The aim of the project is to determine the total carbon balance of a blanket peatland. This will be achieved by determining CO2 exchange using eddy covariance field measurements CH4 emissions using static chambers and dissolved organic carbon input in rainfall and loss in streamwater. A model will be developed to assess the effect of changing climate scenarios on the carbon balance of a pristine peatland in the west of Ireland. |