Volume 26 (2020) Article 24

Network environment analysis of a model of carbon flows in a peat bog and fen

by A.V. Naumov, N.P. Kosykh, N.P. Mironycheva-Tokareva

Published online: 09.08.2020

Summary

(1) The wide distribution of peat bogs and the ecological problems made by environmental change makes it important to understand their functioning. This article uses a dynamic mathematical model of the carbon transfers in a mire located in the forest-steppe zone of West Siberia.

(2) We apply this approach to a raised bog and to a fen. We use measured values of the amount of carbon in the six compartments of the model, and of the transfer rates among the compartments. A stationary (steady) state is reached after 200 years or so, but the amounts in the compartments then differ quite a lot from those at the start. We consider possible reasons for these differences.

Citation

Naumov, A.V., Kosykh, N.P., Mironycheva-Tokareva, N.P. (2020) Network environment analysis of a model of carbon flows in a peat bog and fen. Mires and Peat, 26, 24, 18pp. (Online: http://www.mires-and-peat.net/pages/volumes/map26/map2624.php); doi: 10.19189/MaP.2019.OMB.StA.1790

Reviewers

IMCG and IPS acknowledge the work of the reviewers.