Soil and permafrost carbon and nitrogen content map of the Herschel Island based on ecological units

• Main Authors: Obu, Jaroslav, Lantuit, Hugues, Fritz, Michael, Heim, Birgit, Schirrmeister, Lutz, Wolter, Juliane, Myers-Smith, Isla
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Coast Island; Herschel Island; Yukon; Herschel; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34573/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34573/1/Poster_ArcticNet_Obu.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42787; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42787.d001

Carbon and nitrogen are two of basic nutrients that control primary production and organism growth in Arctic Seas. Consequently their contents control further geochemical and biological processes including potential releases of carbon dioxide and methane. Nutrients are delivered to sea by coastal er...