Irena F. Creed
Brian Tangen
Scott D. Bridgham
Ankur R. Desai
Ken Krauss
Scott C Neubauer
Gregory E. Noe
Donald O. Rosenberry
Carl C. Trettin
Kimberly Wickland
Scott T. Allen
Ariane Arias-Ortiz
Anna R. Armitage
Dennis Baldocchi
Kakoli Banerjee
David Bastviken
Peter Berg
Matthew J. Bogard
Alex T. Chow
William H. Conner
Christopher Craft
Courtney Creamer
Tonya Delsontro
Jamie Duberstein
Meagan J. Eagle
M. Siobhan Fennessey
Sarah A. Finkelstein
Mathias Goeckede
Sabine Grunwald
Meghan Halibisky
Ellen R. Herbert
Mohammad Jahangir
Olivia Johnson
Miriam C. Jones
Jeffrey Kelleway
Sarah Knox
Kevin D. Kroeger
Kevin Kuehn
David Lobb
Amanda Loder
Shizhou Ma
Damien Maher
Gavin McNicol
Jacob Meier
Beth A. Middleton
Christopher T. Mills
Purbasha Mistry
Abhijith Mitra
Courtney Mobilian
Amanda M. Nahlik
Sue Newman
Jessica O’Connell
Patty Oikawa
Max Post van der Burg
Charles A Schutte
Chanchung Song
Camille L. Stagg
Jessica Turner
Rodrigo Vargas
Mark Waldrop
Markus Wallin
Zhaohui Aleck Wang
Eric Ward
Debra A. Willard
Stephanie A. Yarwood
Xiaoyan Zhu
Sheel Bansal
2023
<p><span>Wetlands cover a small portion of the world, but have disproportionate influence on global carbon (C) sequestration, carbon dioxide and methane emissions, and aquatic C fluxes. However, the underlying biogeochemical processes that affect wetland C pools and fluxes are complex and dynamic, making measurements of wetland C challenging. Over decades of research, many observational, experimental, and analytical approaches have been developed to understand and quantify pools and fluxes of wetland C. Sampling approaches range in their representation of wetland C from short to long timeframes and local to landscape spatial scales. This review summarizes common and cutting-edge methodological approaches for quantifying wetland C pools and fluxes. We first </span><i>define</i><span> each of the major C pools and fluxes and provide </span><i>rationale</i><span> for their importance to wetland C dynamics. For each approach, we clarify </span><i>what</i><span> component of wetland C is measured and its spatial and temporal representativeness and constraints. We describe practical considerations for each approach, such as </span><i>where</i><span> and </span><i>when</i><span> an approach is typically used, </span><i>who</i><span> can conduct the measurements (expertise, training requirements), and </span><i>how</i><span> approaches are conducted, including considerations on equipment complexity and costs. Finally, we review </span><i>key covariates</i><span> and </span><i>ancillary measurements</i><span> that enhance the interpretation of findings and facilitate model development. The protocols that we describe to measure soil, water, vegetation, and gases are also relevant for related disciplines such as ecology. Improved quality and consistency of data collection and reporting across studies will help reduce global uncertainties and develop management strategies to use wetlands as nature-based climate solutions.</span></p>
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Practical guide to measuring wetland carbon pools and fluxes
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