Subarctic ecosystem responses to climate, catchment and permafrost dynamics in the Holocene

• Main Author: Kokfelt, Ulla
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Geology, Lund University 2009
• Subjects: Geology; subarctic Sweden; palsa mire development; peat; permafrost history; carbon and nutrient cycling; lake sediments; Stordalen; Northern Sweden; palsa; permafrost; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1304185; https://portal.research.lu.se/files/4066937/3162733.pdf

This thesis assesses aspects of the wetland development, permafrost dynamics and associated changes in carbon and nutrient cycling of the Stordalen Mire in northern Sweden. Various ecological and biogeochemical analyses of one peat and two lake sediment sequences were conducted, including analyses o...