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Mechanisms of carbon storage in mountainous headwater rivers

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  • Ellen Wohl

    (Colorado State University)

  • Kathleen Dwire

    (USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station)

  • Nicholas Sutfin

    (Colorado State University)

  • Lina Polvi

    (Colorado State University)

  • Roberto Bazan

    (USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station)

Abstract

Published research emphasizes rapid downstream export of terrestrial carbon from mountainous headwater rivers, but little work focuses on mechanisms that create carbon storage along these rivers, or on the volume of carbon storage. Here we estimate organic carbon stored in diverse valley types of headwater rivers in Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, USA. We show that low-gradient, broad valley bottoms with old-growth forest or active beaver colonies store the great majority of above- and below-ground carbon. These laterally unconfined valley segments constitute

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  • Ellen Wohl & Kathleen Dwire & Nicholas Sutfin & Lina Polvi & Roberto Bazan, 2012. "Mechanisms of carbon storage in mountainous headwater rivers," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 3(1), pages 1-8, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:3:y:2012:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms2274
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2274
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    1. Chloe Margaret Papier & Helen Mills Poulos & Alejandro Kusch, 2019. "Invasive species and carbon flux: the case of invasive beavers (Castor canadensis) in riparian Nothofagus forests of Tierra del Fuego, Chile," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 153(1), pages 219-234, March.
    2. Troy P. Swift & Lisa M. Kennedy, 2021. "Beaver-Driven Peatland Ecotone Dynamics: Impoundment Detection Using Lidar and Geomorphon Analysis," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-19, December.

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