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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2291-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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20 Apr 2016
Research article |
| 20 Apr 2016
The effect of a permafrost disturbance on growing-season carbon-dioxide fluxes in a high Arctic tundra ecosystem
Alison E. Cassidy
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, The University of British Columbia,
1984 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z2, Canada
Andreas Christen
Department of Geography, The University of British Columbia,
1984 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z2, Canada
Gregory H. R. Henry
Department of Geography, The University of British Columbia,
1984 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z2, Canada
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- Carbon Dioxide and Methane Release Following Abrupt Thaw of Pleistocene Permafrost Deposits in Arctic Siberia C. Knoblauch et al. 10.1029/2021JG006543
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- Hotspots of riverine greenhouse gas (CH4, CO2, N2O) emissions from Qinghai Lake Basin on the northeast Tibetan Plateau P. Lin et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159373
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- Differences in Riverine and Pond Water Dissolved Organic Matter Composition and Sources in Canadian High Arctic Watersheds Affected by Active Layer Detachments J. Wang et al. 10.1021/acs.est.7b05506
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- Long-term ice-rich permafrost coast sensitivity to air temperatures and storm influence: lessons from Pullen Island, Northwest Territories, Canada H. Berry et al. 10.1139/as-2020-0003
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- Abrupt permafrost thaw accelerates carbon dioxide and methane release at a tussock tundra site H. Rodenhizer et al. 10.1080/15230430.2022.2118639
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- Biophysical permafrost map indicates ecosystem processes dominate permafrost stability in the Northern Hemisphere Y. Ran et al. 10.1088/1748-9326/ac20f3
- Air Composition over the Russian Arctic: 2–Carbon Dioxide O. Antokhina et al. 10.1134/S1024856023050044
- Distribution of carbon and nitrogen along hillslopes in three valleys on Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada J. Ramage et al. 10.1016/j.catena.2019.02.029
- Driving Factors on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Permafrost Region of Daxing'an Mountains, Northeast China W. Gao et al. 10.1029/2021JG006581
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We measured the impacts of permafrost disturbances, namely retrogressive thaw slumps, on the carbon balance in a high Arctic tundra ecosystem. We used a novel approach (dual eddy covariance sampling strategy) to measure continuous CO2 exchange from undisturbed and disturbed tundra simultaneously. We further validate eddy covariance fluxes with portable chamber measurements. Our findings show that permafrost disturbances change the carbon balance from being a net sink to a net source.
We measured the impacts of permafrost disturbances, namely retrogressive thaw slumps, on the...
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