Articles | Volume 12, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7057-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7057-2015
Research article
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07 Dec 2015
Research article |  | 07 Dec 2015

Carbon dynamics in boreal peatlands of the Yenisey region, western Siberia

E. D. Schulze, E. Lapshina, I. Filippov, I. Kuhlmann, and D. Mollicone

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At the eastern border of the West Siberian Plain, south of permafrost, peat started to accumulate 15000 years ago. Peat accumulated as fen peat at a constant rate of 0.2 mm yr-1 and 0.01 kgC m-2 yr-1. Over the last 2000 years, the bogs have changed into Sphagnum mires, accumulating about 0.1 kgC m-2 yr-1 until the present. The high accumulation rate of peat in unfrozen mires indicates that thawing of permafrost peat may change northern peatlands into long-lasting carbon sinks.
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