Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2481-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2481-2017
Research article
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17 May 2017
Research article |  | 17 May 2017

Long-term carbon and nitrogen dynamics at SPRUCE revealed through stable isotopes in peat profiles

Erik A. Hobbie, Janet Chen, Paul J. Hanson, Colleen M. Iversen, Karis J. McFarlane, Nathan R. Thorp, and Kirsten S. Hofmockel

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SPRUCE peat physical and chemical characteristics from experimental plot cores, 2012. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA Iversen, C. M., Hanson, P. J., Brice, D. J., Phillips, J. R., McFarlane, K. J., Hobbie, E. A., and Kolka, R. K. https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/spruce.005

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We measured carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios (13C : 12C and 15N : 14N) in peat cores in a northern Minnesota bog to understand how climate, vegetation type, and decomposition affected C and N budgets over the last 9000 years. 13C : 12C patterns were primarily influenced by shifts in temperature, peatland vegetation and atmospheric CO2, whereas tree colonization and upland N influxes affected 15N : 14N ratios. Isotopic markers provided new insights into long-term patterns of CO2 and nitrogen losses.
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