Variability in above- and belowground carbon stocks in a Siberian larch watershed

Webb, Elizabeth E.; Heard, Kathryn; Natali, Susan M.; Bunn, Andrew G.; Alexander, Heather D.; Berner, Logan T.; Kholodov, Alexander; Loranty, Michael M.; Schade, John D.; Spektor, Valentin; Zimov, Nikita

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4279-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 18

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4279-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4279-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 18

Research article

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26 Sep 2017

Research article |

| 26 Sep 2017

Variability in above- and belowground carbon stocks in a Siberian larch watershed

Elizabeth E. Webb, Kathryn Heard, Susan M. Natali, Andrew G. Bunn, Heather D. Alexander, Logan T. Berner, Alexander Kholodov, Michael M. Loranty, John D. Schade, Valentin Spektor, and Nikita Zimov

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Northeast Siberia Plant and Soil Data: Plant Composition and Cover, Plant and Soil Carbon Pools, and Thaw Depth. Kathryn Heard, Susan Natali, Andrew Bunn, and Heather D. Alexander https://doi.org/10.5065/D6NG4NP0

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Permafrost soils store massive amounts of C, yet estimates of soil C storage in this region are highly uncertain, primarily due to undersampling at all spatial scales; circumpolar soil C estimates lack sufficient continental spatial diversity, regional intensity, and replication at the field-site level. We aim to reduce the uncertainty of regional C estimates by providing a comprehensive assessment of vegetation, active-layer, and permafrost C stocks in a watershed in northeast Siberia, Russia.