Ecosystem responses to increased precipitation and permafrost decay in subarctic Sweden inferred from peat and lake sediments

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1652-1663

  Kokfelt, Ulla ^a   Rosen P ^b   Schoning, K ^c   Christensen, T R ^a   Forster J ^b   Karlsson, J ^b   Reuss, N ^a   Rundgren, M ^a   Callaghan, T V ^d,e   Jonasson, C ^d   Hammarlund, D ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Climate change; Lake sediment; Palsa mire; Peat; Permafrost decay; Precipitation; Soil moisture; TOC

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIRE; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMAFROST; SEDIMENT CORE; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBARCTIC REGION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STORDALEN MIRE; SWEDEN;

EID: 66749087431     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01880.x     Document Type: Article

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