Impacts of active retrogressive thaw slumps on vegetation, soil, and net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide in the Canadian High Arctic

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Alison E. Cassidy, Andreas Christen, Greg H.R. Henry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2017
• Subjects: eddy covariance; ellesmere island; fosheim peninsula; net ecosystem exchange; permafrost disturbance; retrogressive thaw slump; tundra ecosystem; envir; geo; Arctic; Canada; Ellesmere Island; Fosheim Peninsula; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0034; https://doaj.org/article/0ce1e92d811947808d696e61180a4022

Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) are permafrost disturbances common on the Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Canada. During the 2013 growing season, three different RTS were studied to investigate the impact on vegetation composition, soil, and growing season net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of CO2 by...