Hemes, Kyle S.; Chamberlain, Samuel D.; Eichelmann, Elke; Knox, Sara H.; Baldocchi, Dennis D. (2018): A Biogeochemical Compromise. The High Methane Cost of Sequestering Carbon in Restored Wetlands. In: Geophys. Res. Lett. 121 (8), S. 777. DOI: 10.1029/2018GL077747.

"Here we present 14 site years of continuous CH₄ and CO₂ ecosystem‐scale gas exchange over a network of restored freshwater wetlands in California, where long growing seasons, warm weather, and managed water tables result in some of the largest wetland ecosystem CH₄ emissions recorded. These large CH₄ emissions cause the wetlands to be strong greenhouse gas sources while sequestering carbon and building peat soil. The terms of this biogeochemical compromise, dictated by the ratio between carbon sequestration and CH₄ emission, vary considerably across small spatial scales, despite nearly identical wetland climate, hydrology, and plant community compositions."

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