Wetland productivity determines trade-off between biodiversity support and greenhouse gas production.

ABSTRACT: Establishing wetlands for nutrient capture and biodiversity support may introduce trade-offs between environmentally beneficial functions and detrimental greenhouse gas emissions. Investigating the interaction of nutrient capture, primary production, greenhouse gas production and biodiversity support is imperative to understanding the overall function of wetlands and determining possible beneficial synergistic effects and trade-offs. Here, we present temporally replicated data from 17 wetlands in hemi-boreal Sweden. We explored the relationship between nutrient load, primary producing algae, production of methane and nitrous oxide, and emergence rates of chironomids to determine what factors affected each and how they related to each other. Chironomid emergence rates correlated positively

SUBMITTER: Ahlen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10587742 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature