Surface CO₂ Exchange Dynamics across a Climatic Gradient in McKenzie Valley: Effect of Landforms, Climate and Permafrost

• Published in: Forests
• Main Authors: Startsev, Natalia, Bhatti, Jagtar S., Jassal, Rachhpal S.
• Other Authors: UBC Biometeorology and Soil Physics Group
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2016
• Subjects: Net carbon exchange; Ecosystem respiration; Upland forest; Bogs; Collapse scar; Permafrost; Canada; Mackenzie Valley; Peat; Peat plateau; permafrost; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/70365; https://doi.org/10.3390/f7110279

Northern regions are experiencing considerable climate change affecting the state of permafrost, peat accumulation rates, and the large pool of carbon (C) stored in soil, thereby emphasizing the importance of monitoring surface C fluxes in different landform sites along a climate gradient. We studie...