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Effect of permafrost thaw on CO2 and CH4 exchange in a western Alaska peatland chronosequence
Permafrost soils store over half of global soil carbon (C), and northern frozen peatlands store about 10% of global permafrost C. With thaw, inundation of high latitude lowland peatlands typically increases the surface-atmosphere flux of methane (CH _4 ), a potent greenhouse gas. To examine the effects of lowland permafrost thaw over millennial timescales, we measured carbon dioxide (CO _2 ) and CH _4 exchange along sites that constitute a ∼1000 yr thaw chronosequence of thermokarst collapse bogs and adjacent fen locations at Innoko Flats Wildlife Refuge in western Alaska. Peak CH _4 exchange in July (123 ± 71 mg CH _4 –C m ^−2 d ^−1 ) was observed in features that have been thawed for 30 to 70 (<100) yr, where soils were warmer than at more recently thawed sites (14 to 21 yr; emitting 1.37 ± 0.67 mg CH _4 –C m ^−2 d ^−1 in July) and had shallower water tables than at older sites (200 to 1400 yr; emitting 6.55 ± 2.23 mg CH _4 –C m ^−2 d ^−1 in July). Carbon lost via CH _4 efflux during the growing season at these intermediate age sites was 8% of uptake by net ecosystem exchange. Our results provide evidence that CH _4 emissions following lowland permafrost thaw are enhanced over decadal time scales, but limited over millennia. Over larger spatial scales, adjacent fen systems may contribute sustained CH _4 emission, CO _2 uptake, and DOC export. We argue that over timescales of decades to centuries, thaw features in high-latitude lowland peatlands, particularly those developed on poorly drained mineral substrates, are a key locus of elevated CH _4 emission to the atmosphere that must be considered for a complete understanding of high latitude CH _4 dynamics.
Effect of permafrost thaw on CO2 and CH4 exchange in a western Alaska peatland chronosequence
Permafrost soils store over half of global soil carbon (C), and northern frozen peatlands store about 10% of global permafrost C. With thaw, inundation of high latitude lowland peatlands typically increases the surface-atmosphere flux of methane (CH _4 ), a potent greenhouse gas. To examine the effects of lowland permafrost thaw over millennial timescales, we measured carbon dioxide (CO _2 ) and CH _4 exchange along sites that constitute a ∼1000 yr thaw chronosequence of thermokarst collapse bogs and adjacent fen locations at Innoko Flats Wildlife Refuge in western Alaska. Peak CH _4 exchange in July (123 ± 71 mg CH _4 –C m ^−2 d ^−1 ) was observed in features that have been thawed for 30 to 70 (<100) yr, where soils were warmer than at more recently thawed sites (14 to 21 yr; emitting 1.37 ± 0.67 mg CH _4 –C m ^−2 d ^−1 in July) and had shallower water tables than at older sites (200 to 1400 yr; emitting 6.55 ± 2.23 mg CH _4 –C m ^−2 d ^−1 in July). Carbon lost via CH _4 efflux during the growing season at these intermediate age sites was 8% of uptake by net ecosystem exchange. Our results provide evidence that CH _4 emissions following lowland permafrost thaw are enhanced over decadal time scales, but limited over millennia. Over larger spatial scales, adjacent fen systems may contribute sustained CH _4 emission, CO _2 uptake, and DOC export. We argue that over timescales of decades to centuries, thaw features in high-latitude lowland peatlands, particularly those developed on poorly drained mineral substrates, are a key locus of elevated CH _4 emission to the atmosphere that must be considered for a complete understanding of high latitude CH _4 dynamics.
Effect of permafrost thaw on CO2 and CH4 exchange in a western Alaska peatland chronosequence
Carmel E Johnston (Autor:in) / Stephanie A Ewing (Autor:in) / Jennifer W Harden (Autor:in) / Ruth K Varner (Autor:in) / Kimberly P Wickland (Autor:in) / Joshua C Koch (Autor:in) / Christopher C Fuller (Autor:in) / Kristen Manies (Autor:in) / M Torre Jorgenson (Autor:in)
2014
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
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