Peatland Ecosystem Processes in the Maritime Antarctic During Warm Climates

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Loisel, Julie, Yu, Zicheng, Beilman, David W., Kaiser, Karl, Parnikoza, Ivan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Rasmussen; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5617846/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28955055; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12479-0

We discovered a 50-cm-thick peat deposit near Cape Rasmussen (65.2°S), in the maritime Antarctic. To our knowledge, while aerobic ‘moss banks’ have often been examined, waterlogged ‘peatlands’ have never been described in this region before. The waterlogged system is approximately 100 m2, with a sha...