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Contemporary carbon accumulation in a boreal oligotrophic minerogenic mire - a significant sink after accounting for all C-fluxes

Nilsson, Mats ; Sagerfors, Joergen ; Buffam, Ishi ; Laudon, Hjalmar ; Eriksson, Tobias ; Grelle, Achim ; Klemedtsson, Leif ; Weslien, Per and Lindroth, Anders LU (2008) In Global Change Biology 14(10). p.2317-2332
Abstract
Based on theories of mire development and responses to a changing climate, the current role of mires as a net carbon sink has been questioned. A rigorous evaluation of the current net C-exchange in mires requires measurements of all relevant fluxes. Estimates of annual total carbon budgets in mires are still very limited. Here, we present a full carbon budget over 2 years for a boreal minerogenic oligotrophic mire in northern Sweden (64 degrees 11'N, 19 degrees 33'E). Data on the following fluxes were collected: land-atmosphere CO2 exchange (continuous Eddy covariance measurements) and CH4 exchange (static chambers during the snow free period); TOC (total organic carbon) in precipitation; loss of TOC, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and... (More)
Based on theories of mire development and responses to a changing climate, the current role of mires as a net carbon sink has been questioned. A rigorous evaluation of the current net C-exchange in mires requires measurements of all relevant fluxes. Estimates of annual total carbon budgets in mires are still very limited. Here, we present a full carbon budget over 2 years for a boreal minerogenic oligotrophic mire in northern Sweden (64 degrees 11'N, 19 degrees 33'E). Data on the following fluxes were collected: land-atmosphere CO2 exchange (continuous Eddy covariance measurements) and CH4 exchange (static chambers during the snow free period); TOC (total organic carbon) in precipitation; loss of TOC, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and CH4 through stream water runoff (continuous discharge measurements and regular C-concentration measurements). The mire constituted a net sink of 27 +/- 3.4 (+/- SD) g C m(-2) yr(-1) during 2004 and 20 +/- 3.4 g C m(-2) yr(-1) during 2005. This could be partitioned into an annual surface-atmosphere CO2 net uptake of 55 +/- 1.9 g C m(-2) yr(-1) during 2004 and 48 +/- 1.6 g C m(-2) yr(-1) during 2005. The annual NEE was further separated into a net uptake season, with an uptake of 92 g C m(-2) yr(-1) during 2004 and 86 g C m(-2) yr(-1) during 2005, and a net loss season with a loss of 37 g C m(-2) yr(-1) during 2004 and 38 g C m(-2) yr(-1) during 2005. Of the annual net CO2-C uptake, 37% and 31% was lost through runoff (with runoff TOC > DIC >> CH4) and 16% and 29% through methane emission during 2004 and 2005, respectively. This mire is still a significant C-sink, with carbon accumulation rates comparable to the long-term Holocene C-accumulation, and higher than the C-accumulation during the late Holocene in the region. (Less)
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peat, NEE, NECB, methane, Eddy covariance, DOC, boreal mire, carbon balance, runoff, Sphagnum, TOC
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Global Change Biology
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14
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10
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2317 - 2332
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Wiley-Blackwell
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1354-1013
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10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01654.x
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English
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  author       = {{Nilsson, Mats and Sagerfors, Joergen and Buffam, Ishi and Laudon, Hjalmar and Eriksson, Tobias and Grelle, Achim and Klemedtsson, Leif and Weslien, Per and Lindroth, Anders}},
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  series       = {{Global Change Biology}},
  title        = {{Contemporary carbon accumulation in a boreal oligotrophic minerogenic mire - a significant sink after accounting for all C-fluxes}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01654.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01654.x}},
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