The effect of a permafrost disturbance on growing-season carbon-dioxide fluxes in a high Arctic tundra ecosystem

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: A. E. Cassidy, A. Christen, G. H. R. Henry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Life; QH501-531; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Canada; Ellesmere Island; Fosheim Peninsula; permafrost; Thermokarst; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2291-2016; https://doaj.org/article/f25741ccc8784fe9bfaf4e0b34c2ab03

Soil carbon stored in high-latitude permafrost landscapes is threatened by warming and could contribute significant amounts of carbon to the atmosphere and hydrosphere as permafrost thaws. Thermokarst and permafrost disturbances, especially active layer detachments and retrogressive thaw slumps, are...