Diverse temperate riparian buffer types promote system-level carbon sequestration in southern Ontario, Canada
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Abstract
Riparian buffer systems (RBSs) can sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide into terrestrial carbon (C) pools. C stocks and C sequestration potential of diverse RBSs are not adequately reported. This study, therefore, quantified: (a) C stocks in various RBSs and (b) system-level C sequestration potentials (SLCSP) [SLCSP= ΔSOC + Biomass C Pools] in southern Ontario, Canada. Results showed significant differences (p < 0.05) in system-level C stocks between tree buffers (765.8 Mg C ha-1) and grass buffers (291.7 Mg C ha-1) and between natural forest buffers (935.9 Mg C ha-1) and rehabilitated buffers (595.6 Mg C ha-1), but no difference (p > 0.05) between coniferous buffers (722.4 Mg C ha-1) and deciduous buffers (809.1 Mg C ha-1) were recorded. Tree buffers had higher SLCSP (633.5 Mg C ha-1) than grass buffers (126.7 Mg C ha-1). Natural forest buffers had higher SLCSP (806.7 Mg C ha1) than rehabilitated buffers (460.3 Mg C ha-1). There was no difference (p > 0.05) in SLCSP between coniferous buffers (615.0 Mg C ha-1) and deciduous buffers (652.1 Mg C ha-1). Results from this study confirm that the establishment of RBSs within agricultural watersheds can significantly contribute to create new terrestrial C sinks.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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