Impacts of active retrogressive thaw slumps on vegetation, soil, and net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide in the Canadian High Arctic

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Cassidy, Alison E., Christen, Andreas, Henry, Greg H.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Fosheim Peninsula; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0034; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2016-0034; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2016-0034

Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) are permafrost disturbances common on the Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Canada. During the 2013 growing season, three different RTS were studied to investigate the impact on vegetation composition, soil, and growing season net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of CO 2 b...