Effects of active layer seasonal dynamics and plant phenology on CO2 land-atmosphere fluxes at polygonal tundra in the High Arctic, Svalbard

• Published in: CATENA
• Main Authors: Cannone, N., Ponti, S., Christiansen, H. H., Christensen, T. R., Pirk, N., Guglielmin, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Climate Research; Climate change; Continuous permafrost; Plant phenology; Seasonal changes; Soil hydrology; Thaw depth; Adventdalen; Arctic; Svalbard; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/26cc280f-c4ef-44c0-90d0-a975f1c77068; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.11.013

Terrestrial Arctic ecosystems play a key role in the global carbon (C) cycle, as they store a large amount of organic matter in permafrost. Among regions with continuous permafrost, Svalbard has one of the warmest permafrost and may provide a template of the environmental responses of Arctic regions...