Phytomass and Soil Organic Carbon Inventories Related to Land Cover Classification and Periglacial Features at Ari-Mas and Logata, Taimyr Peninsula

• Main Author: Ramage, Justine
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK) 2012
• Subjects: Permafrost; Soil Organic Carbon; Arctic; Arctic Phytomass; Land Cover Classification; Physical Geography; Naturgeografi; Ari; Logata; permafrost; Taimyr; Tundra
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-94714

The predicted increase in atmospheric temperatures is expected to affect the turnover of soil organic carbon in permafrost soils through modifications of the soil thermal regime. However, the tundra biome is formed of a mosaic of diverse landscape types with differing patterns of soil organic carbon...