Permafrost Distribution Drives Soil Organic Matter Stability in a Subarctic Palsa Peatland

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 934-947

  Pengerud, Annelene ^a   Cécillon, Lauric ^b   Johnsen, Line Kristin ^a   Rasse, Daniel P ^c   Strand, Line Tau ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Cemagref   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

chemical composition; climate change; discontinuous permafrost; infrared spectroscopy; palsa peatland; potential carbon mineralisation; soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BOG; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PALSA; PEAT; PEATLAND; PERMAFROST; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARCTIC; NORWAY;

EID: 84881557102     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9652-5     Document Type: Article

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