dc.contributor.author | Treat, CC | |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, MC | |
dc.contributor.author | Camill, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Gallego-Sala, AV | |
dc.contributor.author | Garneau, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Harden, JW | |
dc.contributor.author | Hugelius, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Klein, ES | |
dc.contributor.author | Kokfelt, U | |
dc.contributor.author | Kuhry, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Loisel, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Mathijssen, PJH | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Donnell, JA | |
dc.contributor.author | Oksanen, PO | |
dc.contributor.author | Ronkainen, TM | |
dc.contributor.author | Sannel, ABK | |
dc.contributor.author | Talbot, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Tarnocai, CM | |
dc.contributor.author | Valiranta, M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-14T16:37:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-12-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | Permafrost dynamics play an important role in high-latitude peatland carbon balance and are key to understanding the future response of soil carbon stocks. Permafrost aggradation can control the magnitude of the carbon feedback in peatlands through effects on peat properties. We compiled peatland plant macrofossil records for the northern permafrost zone (515 cores from 280 sites) and classified samples by vegetation type and environmental class (fen, bog, tundra and boreal permafrost, thawed permafrost). We examined differences in peat properties (bulk density, carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and organic matter content, C/N ratio) and C accumulation rates among vegetation types and environmental classes. Consequences of permafrost aggradation differed between boreal and tundra biomes, including differences in vegetation composition, C/N ratios, and N content. The vegetation composition of tundra permafrost peatlands was similar to permafrost-free fens, while boreal permafrost peatlands more closely resembled permafrost-free bogs. Nitrogen content in boreal permafrost and thawed permafrost peatlands was significantly lower than in permafrost-free bogs despite similar vegetation types (0.9% versus 1.5% N). Median long-term C accumulation rates were higher in fens (23 g C m-2 y-1) than in permafrost-free bogs (18 g C m-2 y-1), and were lowest in boreal permafrost peatlands (14 g C m-2 y-1). The plant macrofossil record demonstrated transitions from fens to bogs to permafrost peatlands, bogs to fens, permafrost aggradation within fens, and permafrost thaw and re-aggradation. Using data synthesis, we've identified predominant peatland successional pathways, changes in vegetation type, peat properties, and C accumulation rates associated with permafrost aggradation. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | USGS Climate and Land-useChange Research and Development Program | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Academy of Finland | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Royal Swedish Academy of Science | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ymer-80, Knut & Alice Wallenberg and Ahlmann Foundations | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | doi:10.1002/2015JG003061. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/2015JG003061 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | ARC-1304823 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 131409 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 1140900 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | DEB 598 0092704 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18981 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union (AGU) / Wiley | en_GB |
dc.relation.source | All data for this paper are properly cited in Supplemental Table 1. Additionally, data can be accessed following registration from the International Soil Carbon Network (http://iscn.fluxdata.org/Pages/default.aspx; DOI pending). | en_GB |
dc.subject | peatland | en_GB |
dc.subject | plant macrofossil | en_GB |
dc.subject | permafrost | en_GB |
dc.subject | soil properties | en_GB |
dc.subject | carbon cycling | en_GB |
dc.subject | paeoecology | en_GB |
dc.title | Effects of permafrost aggradation on peat properties as determined from a pan-arctic synthesis of plant macrofossils | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-14T16:37:38Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1810-6285 | |
exeter.article-number | 2015JG003061RR | |
dc.description | ©2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. | en_GB |
dc.description | This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/2015JG003061 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences | en_GB |