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Temporary waterlogging alters CO2 flux dynamics but not cumulative emissions in cultivated mineral soils
Reija Kronberg
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Department of Agricultural Sciences, Unit of Environmental Soil Science, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Sanna Kanerva
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Unit of Environmental Soil Science, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Markku Koskinen
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Unit of Environmental Soil Science, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Tatu Polvinen
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Unit of Environmental Soil Science, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Tuomas Mattila
Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790, Helsinki, Finland
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Unit of Environmental Soil Science, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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We studied how off-season waterlogging affects CO2 fluxes and dissolved carbon dynamics in cultivated boreal mineral soils. The study was conducted with intact soil profiles in a greenhouse. Waterlogging reduced immediate CO2 efflux, but CO2 accumulated in porewater and was released to the atmosphere upon soil drying. Cumulative emissions remained unaltered. Our results suggest that temporary waterlogging does not suppress total CO₂ production in mineral soils as much as commonly assumed.
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