Water Table Dynamics in a Tropical Peatland
Abstract
The soils of tropical peat forests store large amounts of carbon, which is susceptible to release by oxidation when these soils are drained. Therefore, fluctuations in water table depth are an important control on carbon sequestration and release in tropical peat soils. We present throughfall and water table observations using tipping bucket rain gauges and well piezometers along transects in a tropical peat forest in the Belait district of Brunei Darussalam, and provide time-frequency analysis of fluctuations in water table depth with rainfall.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2010
- Bibcode:
- 2010AGUFM.B41E0348C
- Keywords:
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- 0428 BIOGEOSCIENCES / Carbon cycling;
- 0497 BIOGEOSCIENCES / Wetlands;
- 1829 HYDROLOGY / Groundwater hydrology