Effects of multiple environmental variables on tundra ecosystem respiration in maritime Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Bao, Tao, Zhu, Renbin, Li, Xianglan, Ye, Wenjuan, Cheng, Xiao
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
• Subjects: Article; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica; Tundra
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6098139/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30120277; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30263-6

Summertime ecosystem respiration (ER) rates through seven sites were measured at an upland tundra on Fildes Peninsula in maritime Antarctica to investigate effects of topographic gradient, vegetation types and climatic factors on tundra ER rates. Overall the highest ER rates occurred at the tundra t...