The effect of a permafrost disturbance on growing-season carbon-dioxide fluxes in a high Arctic tundra ecosystem

Soil carbon stored in high-latitude permafrost landscapes is threatened by warming and could contribute significant amounts of carbon to the atmosphere and hydrosphere as permafrost thaws. Thermokarst and permafrost disturbances, especially active layer detachments and retrogressive thaw slumps, are...

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Main Authors: A. E. Cassidy, A. Christen, G. H. R. Henry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-04-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/13/2291/2016/bg-13-2291-2016.pdf