Near-zero recent carbon accumulation in a bog with high nitrogen deposition in SW Sweden

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2152-2165

  Gunnarsson, Urban ^a   Boresjö Bronge, Laine ^b   Rydin, Håkan ^a   Ohlson, Mikael ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Decomposition; Nitrogen accumulation; Nitrogen deposition; Sphagnum dominated peatlands; The pine method; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BOG; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER; PEATLAND; VEGETATION TYPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 48949099477     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01638.x     Document Type: Article

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