Spatial Variability of CO2 Emissions from Newly Exposed Paraglacial Soils at a Glacier Retreat Zone on King George Island, Maritime Antarctica

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Thomazini, Andre, Teixeira, Daniel De Bortoli, Gabrig Turbay, Caio Vinicius, La Scala, Newton, Schaefer, Carlos Ernesto G. R., Mendonca, Eduardo De Sa
• Other Authors: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2015
• Subjects: permafrost; soil organic matter; organic carbon; Admiralty Bay; Antarctic; Arctowski; Ecology Glacier; King George Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: http://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/116209; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/116209; https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1818

Thawed soils in Antarctica represent organic carbon (C) reservoirs with great potential to increase the net losses of CO2 to the atmosphere under climate change scenarios. This study spatially zones CO2 emissions from soil and vegetation along a transect in front of the retreating margin of Ecology...