Estimation of aboveground and belowground carbon stocks in urban freshwater wetlands of Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The occurrence of climate change at an unprecedented scale has resulted in alterations of ecosystems around the world. Numerous studies have reported on the potential to slow down climate change through the sequestration of carbon in soil and trees. Freshwater wetlands hold significant potential for climate change mitigation owing to their large capacity to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂). Wetlands among all terrestrial ecosystems have the highest carbon density and are found to store up to three to five times more carbon than terrestrial forests. The current study was undertaken to quantify carbon stocks of two carbon pools: aboveground biomass (AGB) and belowground biomass (BGB). Chosen study sites; Kolonnawa wetland and Thalawathugoda wetland par

SUBMITTER: Dayathilake DDTL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7469107 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature