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Monitoring the Multi-Year Carbon Balance of a Subarctic Palsa Mire with Micrometeorological Techniques

Christensen, Torben LU ; Jackowicz-Korczynski, Marcin LU ; Aurela, Mika ; Crill, Patrick ; Heliasz, Michal LU ; Mastepanov, Mikhail LU and Friborg, Thomas (2012) In Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment 41. p.207-217
Abstract
This article reports a dataset on 8 years of monitoring carbon fluxes in a subarctic palsa mire based on micrometeorological eddy covariance measurements. The mire is a complex with wet minerotrophic areas and elevated dry palsa as well as intermediate sub-ecosystems. The measurements document primarily the emission originating from the wet parts of the mire dominated by a rather homogenous cover of Eriophorum angustifolium. The CO2/CH4 flux measurements performed during the years 2001-2008 showed that the areas represented in the measurements were a relatively stable sink of carbon with an average annual rate of uptake amounting to on average -46 g C m(-2) y(-1) including an equally stable loss through CH4 emissions (18-22 g CH4-C m(-2)... (More)
This article reports a dataset on 8 years of monitoring carbon fluxes in a subarctic palsa mire based on micrometeorological eddy covariance measurements. The mire is a complex with wet minerotrophic areas and elevated dry palsa as well as intermediate sub-ecosystems. The measurements document primarily the emission originating from the wet parts of the mire dominated by a rather homogenous cover of Eriophorum angustifolium. The CO2/CH4 flux measurements performed during the years 2001-2008 showed that the areas represented in the measurements were a relatively stable sink of carbon with an average annual rate of uptake amounting to on average -46 g C m(-2) y(-1) including an equally stable loss through CH4 emissions (18-22 g CH4-C m(-2) y(-1)). This consistent carbon sink combined with substantial CH4 emissions is most likely what is to be expected as the permafrost under palsa mires degrades in response to climate warming. (Less)
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Carbon cycling, Subarctic mire, Permafrost, Land-atmosphere exchange, Climate change
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Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment
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41
pages
207 - 217
publisher
Springer
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  • wos:000307285200005
  • scopus:84867473446
  • pmid:22864695
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0044-7447
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10.1007/s13280-012-0302-5
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English
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  author       = {{Christensen, Torben and Jackowicz-Korczynski, Marcin and Aurela, Mika and Crill, Patrick and Heliasz, Michal and Mastepanov, Mikhail and Friborg, Thomas}},
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  keywords     = {{Carbon cycling; Subarctic mire; Permafrost; Land-atmosphere exchange; Climate change}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{207--217}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment}},
  title        = {{Monitoring the Multi-Year Carbon Balance of a Subarctic Palsa Mire with Micrometeorological Techniques}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-012-0302-5}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s13280-012-0302-5}},
  volume       = {{41}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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