Dissolved organic carbon production and runoff quality following peatland extraction and restoration

We examined dissolved organic carbon (DOC) production and quality in a cutover (extracted) and restored peatland in eastern Québec through a combined laboratory DOC production study and an accompanying field DOC runoff quality study. Both temperature and substrate were significant for explaining variability in net DOC production rate in both short (5 days) and longer term (25 day) laboratory incubations. Moss (Sphagnum spp. and Polytricum spp.) …