Short-term impacts of active layer detachments on carbon exchange in a High Arctic ecosystem, Cape bounty, Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Beamish, A., Neil, A., Wagner, I., Scott, N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Cape Bounty; permafrost; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5001125

Localized permafrost disturbances such as active layer detachments (ALDs) are increasing in frequency and severity across the Canadian Arctic impacting terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, the contribution of permafrost disturbance-carbon feedbacks to the carbon (C) balance of Arctic ecosyste...