Carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionation under continuous light: implications for paleoenvironmental interpretations of the High Arctic during Paleogene warming

• Published in: Oecologia
• Main Authors: Yang, Hong, Pagani, Mark, Briggs, Derek E. G., Equiza, M. A., Jagels, Richard, Leng, Qin (冷琴), LePage, Ben A.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: SPRINGER 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Stable Isotope; Paleogene; Paleoclimate; Deciduous Conifers; Palaeocene/eocene Thermal Maximum; Buchanan Lake Formation; Axel-heiberg Island; N-alkanes; Metasequoia-glyptostroboides; Middle Eocene; Meteoric Precipitation; Terrestrial Plants; Taxodium-distichum; Aquatic Plants; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Ecology; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/259; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-009-1321-1

The effect of low intensity continuous light, e.g., in the High Arctic summer, on plant carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionations is unknown. We conducted greenhouse experiments to test the impact of light quantity and duration on both carbon and hydrogen isotope compositions of three deciduous con...