The northern peatland carbon pool and the Holocene carbon cycle

The northern peatland carbon pool and the Holocene carbon cycle david w. beilman1, G.m. macdonald2 and z. yu3 Department of Geography, University of Hawai`i Mānoa, USA; beilman@hawaii.edu Institute of the Environment, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA Understanding the role of peatlands in the Holocene carbon cycle will help predict the response of northern carbon stores to a changing climate.