Publications by authors named "Wiebke Schuster"
Sci Total Environ
March 2022
Article Synopsis
- Peatlands act as long-term storage for carbon and nitrogen but are changing due to human influence, leading to shifts in vegetation from mosses to vascular plants.
- A study in a Patagonian cushion bog showed that while carbon accumulation rates were similar in both cushion and Sphagnum bogs over the long term, nitrogen accumulation was higher in the cushion bog.
- Despite high productivity from cushion plants, their decomposition rates may reduce their overall carbon sink capability to levels comparable with Sphagnum bogs, indicating that cushion bogs are effective nitrogen sinks but may not significantly enhance carbon storage.
