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Background and aimsEstimation of root-mediated carbon fluxes in forested peatlands is needed for understanding ecosystem functioning and supporting greenhouse gas inventories. Here, we aim to determine the optimal methodology for utilizing ingrowth cores in estimating annual fine-root production (FRP) and its vertical distribution in trees, shrubs and herbs.MethodsWe used 3-year data obtained with modified ingrowth core method and tested two calculation methods: ‘ingrowth-dividing’ and ‘ingrowth-subtracting’.ResultsThe ingrowth-dividing method combined with a 2-year incubation of ingrowth cores can be used for the ‘best estimate’ of FRP. The FRP in the nutrient-rich fen forest (561 g m−2) was more than twice that in the nutrient-poor bog forest (244 g m−2). Most FRP occurred in the top 20-cm layer (76–82 %). Tree FRP accounted for 71 % of total FRP in the bog and 94 % in the fen forests, respectively, following the above-ground vegetation patterns; however, in fen forest the proportions of spruce and birch in FRP were higher than their proportions in stand basal area.ConclusionsOur methodology may be used to study peatland FRP patterns more widely and will reduce the volume of labour-intensive work, but will benefit from verification with other methods, as is the case in all in situ FRP studies.

Estimating fine-root production by tree species and understorey functional groups in two contrasting peatland forests