Carbon Storage and Potential Carbon Sequestration in Depressional Wetlands of the Mid-Atlantic Region

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dc.contributor.advisorRabenhorst, Martin Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorFenstermacher, Daniel E.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-06T11:14:15Z
dc.date.available2012-07-06T11:14:15Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractWith recent concern over climate change, methods for decreasing atmospheric levels of greenhouse gasses such as CO<sub>2</sub> have been of particular interest, including carbon sequestration in soils that have depreciated levels of carbon from cultivated agricultural crop production. The Delmarva Peninsula contains many Delmarva Bay landforms, which commonly contain wetlands. Five pairs of Delmarva Bays were selected to examine change in carbon stocks following conversion to agriculture and to assess the potential for carbon sequestration if these soils were to be restored hydrologically and vegetatively. A loss of approximately 50 % of the stored soil carbon was observed following the conversion to agriculture. If these agricultural soils were to be restored, the wetland soils within the Delmarva Bay basin are predicted to sequester a total of approximately 11 kg C m<super>-2</super> and the upland soils of the rim would be expected to sequester a total of approximately 4 kg C m<super>-2</super>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/12526
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSoil sciencesen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledGeomorphologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcarbon sequestrationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDelmarva Bayen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledrestorationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsedimentationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsoil carbonen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledwetlanden_US
dc.titleCarbon Storage and Potential Carbon Sequestration in Depressional Wetlands of the Mid-Atlantic Regionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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