Wetland Carbon and Environmental Management

Ken W. Krauss, United States Geological Survey, USA Zhiliang Zhu, United States Geological Survey, USA Camille L. Stagg, United States Geological Survey, USA

List of Contributors ix

Foreword xvii

Preface xix

Part I Introduction to Carbon Management in Wetlands

1 A Review of Global Wetland Carbon Stocks and Management Challenges
Benjamin Poulter, Etienne Fluet-Chouinard, Gustaf Hugelius, Charlie Koven, Lola Fatoyinbo, Susan E. Page, Judith A. Rosentreter, Lindsey S. Smart, Paul J. Taillie, Nathan Thomas, Zhen Zhang, and Lahiru S. Wijedasa 3

2 Wetland Carbon in the United States: Conditions and Changes
Bergit Uhran, Zhiliang Zhu, Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Benjamin Sleeter, Nancy Cavallaro, Kevin D. Kroeger, and Gyami Shrestha 21

3 Biogeochemistry of Wetland Carbon Preservation and Flux
Scott C. Neubauer and J. Patrick Megonigal 33

4 An Overview of the History and Breadth of Wetland Management Practices
John Andrew Nyman 73

Part II Tidal Wetlands: Carbon Stocks, Fluxes and Management

5 Carbon Flux, Storage, and Wildlife Co-Benefits in a Restoring Estuary: Case Study at the Nisqually River Delta, Washington
Isa Woo, Melanie J. Davis, Susan E. W. De La Cruz, Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Judith Z. Drexler, Kristin B. Byrd, Ellen J. Stuart-Haëntjens, Frank E. Anderson, Brian A. Bergamaschi, Glynnis Nakai, Christopher S. Ellings, and Sayre Hodgson 105

6 Enhancing Carbon Storage in Mangrove Ecosystems of China through Sustainable Restoration and Aquaculture Actions
Luzhen Chen, Hangqing Fan, Zhinan Su, Qiulian Lin, and Yancheng Tao 127

7 Potential for Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration by Restoring Tidal Connectivity and Enhancing Soil Surface Elevations in Denuded and Degraded South Florida Mangrove Ecosystems
Nicole Cormier, Ken W. Krauss, Amanda W. J. Demopoulos, Brita J. Jessen, Jennifer P. McClain Counts, Andrew S. From, and Laura L. Flynn 143

8 Optimizing Carbon Stocks and Sedimentation in Indonesian Mangroves under Different Management Regimes
Daniel Murdiyarso, Virni B. Arifanti, Frida Sidik, Meriadec Sillanpää, and Sigit D. Sasmito 159

9 Hydrological Rehabilitation and Sediment Elevation as Strategies to Restore Mangroves in Terrigenous and Calcareous Environments in Mexico
Jorge López-Portillo, Arturo Zaldívar-Jiménez, Ana Laura Lara-Domínguez, Rosela Pérez-Ceballos, Mariana Bravo-Mendoza, Nereida Núñez Álvarez, and Laura Aguirre-Franco 173

10 Controlling Factors of Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in the Coastal Wetland Sediments of the Modern Yellow River Delta Area, China: Links to Land Management
Lei He, Siyuan Ye, and Edward A. Laws 191

11 The Impacts of Aquaculture Activities on Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in the Subtropical Estuarine Zones of China
Derrick Y. F. Lai, Ping Yang, and Chuan Tong 213

12 Soil and Aboveground Carbon Stocks in a Planted Tropical Mangrove Forest (Can Gio, Vietnam) Truong Van Vinh, Cyril Marchand, Tran Vu Khanh Linh, Adrien Jacotot, Nguyen Thanh Nho, and Michel Allenbach 229

Part III Non-Tidal and Inland Wetlands: Carbon Stocks, Fluxes and Management

13 Carbon Flux Trajectories and Site Conditions from Restored Impounded Marshes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Alex C. Valach, Kuno Kasak, Kyle S. Hemes, Daphne Szutu, Joe Verfaillie, and Dennis D. Baldocchi 249

14 Land Management Strategies Influence Soil Organic Carbon Stocks of Prairie Potholes of North America
Sheel Bansal, Brian A. Tangen, Robert A. Gleason, Pascal Badiou, and Irena F. Creed 273

15 Environmental and Human Drivers of Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Ebro Delta, Spain
María Belenguer-Manzanedo, Maite Martinez-Eixarch, Siobhan Fennessy, Antonio Camacho, Daniel Morant, Carlos Rochera, Antonio Picazo, Anna C. Santamans, Javier Miralles-Lorenzo, Alba Camacho-Santamans, and Carles Ibañez 287

16 Controls on Carbon Loss During Fire in Managed Herbaceous Peatlands of the Florida Everglades
Brian W. Benscoter, James Johnson, and Lisa Reger 307

17 Winter Flooding to Conserve Agricultural Peat Soils in a Temperate Climate: Effect on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Warming Potential
Brian A. Bergamaschi, Frank A. Anderson, Ellen J. Stuart-Haëntjens, and Brian A. Pellerin 321

18 Carbon Storage in the Coastal Swamp Oak Forest Wetlands of Australia
Jeffrey J. Kelleway, Maria Fernanda Adame, Connor Gorham, Jennifer Bratchell, Oscar Serrano, Paul S. Lavery, Christopher J. Owers, Kerrylee Rogers, Zachary Nagel-Tynan, and Neil Saintilan 339

19 Managing Water Regimes: Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fires in Indonesian Tropical Peat Swamp Forests
Daniel Murdiyarso, Iska Lestari, Bayu Budi Hanggara, Meli Saragi-Sasmito, Imam Basuki, and Muh Taufik 355

20 Carbon Fluxes and Potential Soil Accumulation within Greater Everglades Cypress and Pine Forested Wetlands
W. Barclay Shoemaker, Frank E. Anderson, Matt J. Sirianni, and Andre Daniels 371

21 Modeling the Impacts of Hydrology and Management on Carbon Balance at the Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia and North Carolina, USA
Rachel R. Sleeter 385

Part IV Syntheses and Perspectives

22 Ecosystem Service Co‐Benefits of Wetland Carbon Management
Emily J. Pindilli 403

23 Status and Challenges of Wetlands in Carbon Markets
Sarah K. Mack, Robert R. Lane, Rori Cowan, and Jeffrey W. Cole 411

24 The Importance of Wetland Carbon Dynamics to Society: Insight from the Second State of the Carbon Cycle Science Report
Randy Kolka, Carl Trettin, and Lisamarie Windham-Myers 421

25 Summary of Wetland Carbon and Environmental Management: Path Forward
Zhiliang Zhu, Ken W. Krauss, Camille L. Stagg, Eric J. Ward, and Victoria L. Woltz 437

Index 447