Multidisciplinary methods to monitor and manage blanket bogs

监测和管理毯状沼泽的多学科方法

基本信息

批准号：
NE/R006725/1
负责人：
Laura McAnallen
金额：
$ 5.42万
依托单位：
Queen's University Belfast
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2017 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FR006725%2F1
关键词：
Multidisciplinary methods monitor manage blanket

项目摘要

Globally peatlands cover an area of around 4 million km2 however this figure is rapidly declining as a result of agricultural intensification over the last 200 years. We now recognise peatlands as significant global carbon stores that also provide important ecosystem services, such as atmospheric pollutant interception and water storage as well flood prevention. Degraded peatlands produce low quality water, which is not only expensive to treat but also produces potentially toxic by-products during treatment. Protecting and restoring the blanket bog catchments that store the water before it reaches the reservoir can significantly reduce water treatment costs. One such highly protected location of international importance where restoration efforts are being put into place is the Garron Plateau blanket bog. It is the largest (4,650ha ~5.9x106 tons of carbon), most intact area of blanket bog in Northern Ireland.We have applied a multidisciplinary approach to assess the rates of decomposition, water movement and vegetation change across active, degraded and restored blanket bog locations. These include analysing the organic composition and stable isotopic signature (C,N,O,H) of the peat and surrounding porewater, as well as performing a series of geophysical (resistivity, induced polarisation) and geochemical techniques to determine substrate quality and peatland health.The RSPB with Northern Ireland Water and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency want to develop a Conservation Action Plan for 2017/2018 to restore the quality of the habitat at the Garron blanket bog catchment and across several similar sites. Much of the work to date focuses solely on ecological indicators of peatland quality. I intend to work with the RSPB and their partners to help develop a holistic, novel multidisciplinary approach to monitor the effectiveness of peatland restoration, based on the scientific knowledge I have gained on the site throughout my PhD. As part of this plan, RSPB are required to show the effects of their restoration over a 5 year period. The scientific knowledge from myself would help create a temporal sampling and analysis plan to quantify these changes for RSPB.The scientific evidence of the effects of the restoration can then effectively be reported and published to industrial, government and NGO bodies to inform policy and promote the use of peatlands to produce high quality drinking water, reducing treatment costs and the associated potentially toxic by-products created during treatment. This policy will not only be communicated to the public and interested parties but also to the Utility Regulator who ultimately determines the Price Control process and determines the financial framework that can be put into developing and implementing sustainable catchment practices. I will work primarily at the main RSPB office in Belvoir Park, Belfast and when necessary, the offices at Portmore Lough and will regularly travel to site at the Garron Plateau. I have already built a good relationship with other SCAMP NI partners e.g. Roy Taylor Catchment Manager of Northern Ireland Water (who owns the land at the Garron Site) and Dr James Warnock Senior Scientific Officer of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (who has previously undertaken ecological sampling). Throughout the project I will work within a team of RSPB conservationists, scientists, managers and policy makers. These include Seamus Burns - Lough Neagh Area Manager, Darren Houston - Garron project manager, John Martin - Land use Policy Officer, Kendrew Colhoun - Conservation Scientists. This Area Delivery Group are focused on the Garron SCAMP project and formally meet every six weeks. They will provide project management oversight and mentoring for myself throughout the placement and I will receive training in policy development and public and industry communication that I would not get through academic experience alone.

全球泥炭地覆盖了约400万km2的面积，但是由于过去200年的农业强化，该数字迅速下降。现在，我们认为泥炭地是重要的全球碳储存库，它们也提供重要的生态系统服务，例如大气污染物拦截和储水以及预防洪水。退化的泥炭地产生了低品质的水，这不仅容易治疗，而且在治疗过程中会产生潜在的有毒副产品。保护和恢复毯子沼泽流域在水到达水库之前存储的沼泽流域可以大大降低水处理成本。加里龙高原毯子沼泽是这样一个高度保护的国际重要性地点。它是最大的（4,650HA〜5.9x106吨碳），北爱尔兰最完整的毛毯沼泽区域。我们采用了多学科方法来评估分解，水运动和植被变化的速度，跨活跃，降级和修复的毛毯杂种位置。其中包括分析泥炭和周围孔水的有机成分和稳定的同位素特征（C，N，O，H），以及执行一系列地球物理（电阻率，诱导的极化）和地球化学技术，以确定北部Ireland Witherland Aniverty的SSPB，以确定北部Ireland Aniventry Anternern Envorly Aniversy的北部环境公司，以确定北部Ireland Eniventer的行动。 Garron毛毯沼泽集水区和几个类似地点的栖息地质量。迄今为止，许多工作仅着重于泥炭地质量的生态指标。我打算与RSPB及其合作伙伴合作，以基于我在整个博士学位上获得的科学知识来帮助开发一种整体，新颖的多学科方法来监测泥炭地恢复的有效性。作为本计划的一部分，需要RSPB在5年内显示其修复的影响。我自己的科学知识将有助于制定时间抽样和分析计划，以量化这些变化的RSPB。然后可以有效地报告并发表恢复效果的科学证据，并发布给工业，政府和非政府组织，以促进政策并促进泥炭地使用泥炭地来生产高质量的饮用水，并降低了在治疗过程中产生高质量的毒品，并降低了潜在的潜在毒品。该政策不仅将传达给公众和有兴趣的各方，还将传达给公用事业监管机构，该政策最终决定了价格控制流程并确定可以投入到开发和实施可持续集水惯例的财务框架。我将主要在贝尔法斯特Belvoir Park的主要RSPB办公室工作，并在必要时在Portmore Lough的办公室工作，并定期前往Garron高原现场。我已经与其他Scamp NI合作伙伴建立了良好的关系，例如北爱尔兰水的罗伊·泰勒（Roy Taylor）集水区经理（在加伦（Garron）遗址拥有土地）和北爱尔兰环境环境局（以前曾进行过生态取样）的詹姆斯·沃诺克（James Warnock）高级科学官员。在整个项目中，我将在RSPB保护主义者，科学家，经理和政策制定者团队中工作。其中包括Seamus Burns- Neagh地区经理，达伦·休斯顿（Darren Houston） - 加伦项目经理，约翰·马丁（John Martin） - 肯德鲁·科尔霍恩（Kendrew Colhoun）土地使用政策官员 - 保护科学家。该地区交付小组专注于Garron Scamp项目，并每六周正式开会。他们将在整个安置期间为自己提供项目管理的监督和指导，我将获得政策制定以及公共和行业沟通的培训，而这些培训我不会单独通过学术经验获得。