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Characteristics of Lowland Tropical Peatlands: Formation, Classification, and Decomposition

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dc.contributor.author Ratnayake, A.S.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-09T09:45:28Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-09T09:45:28Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.citation Ratnayake, A.S.(2020).Characteristics of Lowland Tropical Peatlands: Formation, Classification, and Decomposition, Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment Vol. 10 No. 01 (2020) 1-16 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10491
dc.description.abstract Tropical peatlands occur mostly in coastal lowlands, and it can be considered as larger sinkers of carbon and important ecosystem services for water resources, bio-resources and biodiversity. This article summarised characteristics, formation and classification of tropical lowland peatlands. Tropical peatlands cover about 11% of the global peatland resource (441,025 km2 in area) and the estimation value can be changed with including all histosols and shallow organic soils. Tropical coastal peatlands were predominantly developed during the middle to late Holocene (between 3,500 to 6,000 years BP) under the wet conditions generated after the stabilisation and regression of middle Holocene sea-level highstands. Hydrology is a fundamental factor to the formation and function of tropical peatlands. There is no specific definition for the peatlands based on available references. The available definitions can be broadly divided into authoritative and scientific definitions. The authoritative definitions depend on specific uses and applications, while scientific definitions depend on field observations and experimental design/analytical methods. Tropical peatlands store abundant organic matter. However, the recent anthropogenic activities enhance the emission of stored carbon as greenhouse gasses such as CH4 and CO2. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Forestry and Environmental Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura en_US
dc.subject mire, carbon accumulation, groundwater level, peatland disturbance, greenhouse gas emissions en_US
dc.title Characteristics of Lowland Tropical Peatlands: Formation, Classification, and Decomposition en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31357/jtfe.v10i1.4685 en_US


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