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Effects of increased silicon availability on carbon mineralization in peatlands (SILICA)

Basic data for this project

Type of project: Individual project
Duration at the University of Münster: 04/01/2017 - 03/01/2020

Description

Keywords: Fens; Peatlands; Mineralization; Biogeochemistry; Methane; Greenhouse gases; Silicon
Website of the project: http://www.uni-muenster.de/Ecohydrology/silizium_und_kohlenstoffumsatz_in_mooren.html
DFG-Gepris-ID: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/327633020
Funding identifier: KN 929/11-1 | DFG project number: 327633020
Funder / funding scheme: 
  • DFG - Individual Grants Programme

Project management at the University of Münster

Knorr, Klaus-Holger
Professur für Hydrologie (Prof. Blodau)

Applicants from the University of Münster

Knorr, Klaus-Holger
Professur für Hydrologie (Prof. Blodau)

Research associates from the University of Münster

Hömberg, Annkathrin
Professorship for hydrology (Prof. Knorr)

Project partners outside the University of Münster

  • Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)Germany
  • University of BayreuthGermany

Publications of the University of Münster resulting from the project

Methane Production Rate during Anoxic Litter Decomposition Depends on Si Mass Fractions, Nutrient Stoichiometry, and Carbon Quality
Hömberg A, Knorr K-H, Schaller J (2021)
In: Plants, 10. doi:10.3390/plants10040618
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Methane fluxes but not respiratory carbon dioxide fluxes altered under Si amendment during drying – rewetting cycles in fen peat mesocosms
Hömberg A, Broder T, Schaller J, Knorr K-H (2021)
In: Geoderma, 404, 115338. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115338
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published