Peat Soils of the Everglades of Florida, USA

IF 1.5 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Mires and Peat Pub Date : 2017-12-20 DOI:10.5772/INTECHOPEN.72925

T. Dreschel, S. Hohner, S. Aich, C. Mcvoy

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Abstract

In this chapter, we briefly discuss the development of the Everglades over the past 5 mil - lion years, the modifications made to the Everglades over the past century and a half and the quantification of the changes that have occurred to the peat soils of the Everglades due to natural and anthropogenic causes during this most recent period. Using Geographic Information Systems and historical data sets, we have been able to calculate the origi - nal peat volumes, the remaining peat volumes and thus, the amount lost over the past approximately 150 years. From these volume calculations and peat physical and chemical characterizations by the USEPA over a large area of the Everglades, we have estimated the mass of peat and carbon lost, 900 million metric tons and 300 million metric tons, respectively. The amount of peat lost has implications for hydrological, ecological and landscape restoration and habitat recovery for the Everglades.

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美国佛罗里达大沼泽地的泥炭土

在本章中，我们简要地讨论了过去500万年来沼泽地的发展，过去一个半世纪以来对沼泽地的改造，以及最近一段时期内由于自然和人为原因对沼泽地泥炭土发生的变化的量化。利用地理信息系统和历史数据集，我们已经能够计算出原始泥炭体积、剩余泥炭体积以及在过去大约150年中损失的泥炭体积。根据这些体积计算和美国环保署对沼泽地大片地区泥炭的物理和化学特征，我们估计了泥炭和碳损失的质量，分别为9亿吨和3亿吨。泥炭流失的数量对大沼泽地的水文、生态和景观恢复以及栖息地恢复都有影响。

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Mires and Peat ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

CiteScore

2.30

自引率

16.70%

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审稿时长

33 weeks

期刊介绍： Mires and Peat is a peer-reviewed internet journal focusing specifically on mires, peatlands and peat. As a truly “free-to-users” publication (i.e. NO CHARGES to authors OR readers), it is immediately accessible to readers and potential authors worldwide. It is published jointly by the International Peatland Society (IPS) and the International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG). Mires and Peat is indexed by Thomson Reuters Web of Science (2017 Impact Factors: 1.326 [two-year] and 1.638 [five-year]), Elsevier Scopus, EBSCO Environment Complete, CABI Abstracts, CSA Proquest (including their Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts ASFA, Ecology, Entomology, Animal Behavior, Aqualine and Pollution databases) and Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Mires and Peat also participates in the CABI Full Text Repository, and subscribes to the Portico E-journal Preservation Service (LTPA). Mires and Peat publishes high-quality research papers on all aspects of peatland science, technology and wise use, including: ecology, hydrology, survey, inventory, classification, functions and values of mires and peatlands; scientific, economic and human aspects of the management of peatlands for agriculture, forestry, nature conservation, environmental protection, peat extraction, industrial development and other purposes; biological, physical and chemical characteristics of peat; and climate change and peatlands. Short communications and review articles on these and related topics will also be considered; and suggestions for special issues of the Journal based on the proceedings of conferences, seminars, symposia and workshops will be welcomed. The submission of material by authors and from countries whose work would otherwise be inaccessible to the international community is particularly encouraged.