Low below-ground organic carbon storage in a subarctic Alpine permafrost environment

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Fuchs, M., Kuhry, P., Hugelius, G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Tarfala; Northern Sweden; permafrost; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-427-2015; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/9/427/2015/

This study investigates the soil organic carbon (SOC) storage in Tarfala Valley, northern Sweden. Field inventories, upscaled based on land cover, show that this alpine permafrost environment does not store large amounts of SOC, with an estimate mean of 0.9 ± 0.2 kg C m −2 for the upper meter of soi...