Carbon and nitrogen pools in thermokarst-affected permafrost landscapes in Arctic Siberia

Fuchs, Matthias; Grosse, Guido; Strauss, Jens; Günther, Frank; Grigoriev, Mikhail; Maximov, Georgy M.; Hugelius, Gustaf

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-953-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-953-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-953-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

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16 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 16 Feb 2018

Carbon and nitrogen pools in thermokarst-affected permafrost landscapes in Arctic Siberia

Matthias Fuchs, Guido Grosse, Jens Strauss, Frank Günther, Mikhail Grigoriev, Georgy M. Maximov, and Gustaf Hugelius

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RC1: 'Methodological clarifications necessary', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'Authors reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Matthias Fuchs, 09 Dec 2017
RC2: 'Review of Fuchs et al', Anonymous Referee #3, 30 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Authors reply to Anonymous Referee #3', Matthias Fuchs, 09 Dec 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 Dec 2017) by Elise Pendall

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Our paper investigates soil organic carbon and nitrogen in permafrost soils on Sobo-Sise Island and Bykovsky Peninsula in the north of eastern Siberia. We collected and analysed permafrost soil cores and upscaled carbon and nitrogen stocks to landscape level. We found large amounts of carbon and nitrogen stored in these frozen soils, reconstructed sedimentation rates and estimated the potential increase in organic carbon availability if permafrost continues to thaw and active layer deepens.