Figure 2. CO₂ efflux from peat soils that were cleared of forest (cleared 8 months) where peat was disturbed by cutting blocks from the soils (disturbed) and two days after the blocks of peat were cut (2 days post-disturbance).

There was a significant effect of the disturbance treatment (F_2,15 = 25.37, P<0.0001) but after two days there was no significant difference in soil CO₂ efflux between disturbed and undisturbed samples.