Wetland development, permafrost history and nutrient cycling inferred from late Holocene peat and lake sediment records in subarctic Sweden

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 327-342

  Kokfelt, Ulla ^a   Reuss, Nina ^a,d   Struyf, Eric ^a,e   Sonesson, Mats ^a,b   Rundgren, Mats ^a   Skog, Göran ^a   Rosén, Peter ^c   Hammarlund, Dan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbon and nutrient accumulation; Late Holocene; Nutrient cycling; Peat and lake sediments; Permafrost history; Subarctic Sweden; Wetland development

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOG; FEN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIRE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBARCTIC REGION; THAWING;

NORRBOTTEN; STORDALEN MIRE; SWEDEN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 77952675780     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9406-8     Document Type: Article

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