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Soil organic and phytomass carbon stocks in mountain periglacial settings of Vindelfjällen (Sweden)
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geography.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6910-6749
Number of Authors: 32024 (English)In: Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine research, ISSN 1523-0430, E-ISSN 1938-4246, Vol. 56, no 1, article id 2366333Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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We present a detailed soil organic carbon (SOC) and phytomass carbon (C) inventory for a mountain periglacial region in northwest Sweden (altitude range c. 600–1,800 m). We describe plant cover and soil profiles at thirty-nine sites representing the main land cover classes at and above tree line. The mean landscape-level SOC storage for full soil depth is 7.14 kg C m−2, which includes 35 percent of high-alpine ice/snow and bare ground surfaces with negligible SOC stocks. The main SOC hotspots are boreal (maximum stock of 118.5 kg C m−2) and alpine (maximum stock of 79.9 kg C m−2) wetlands. Solifluction lobes in the alpine belt hold above average but highly variable SOC stocks (2.11–19.5 kg C m−2). Permafrost was only encountered in small remnants of collapsing palsas, holding negligible SOC stocks. Mean phytomass C storage is 0.36 kg C m−2, with birch forest storing on average about twenty times more phytomass C (4.41 kg C m−2) compared to the mean for the upland alpine tundra classes (0.20 kg C m−2). Projected increases in ambient temperatures will likely result in an upward shift of the tree line and the alpine vegetation belt with a potential increase in phytomass C and SOC stocks.

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2024. Vol. 56, no 1, article id 2366333
Keywords [en]
alpine wetlands, land cover upscaling, mountain permafrost, palsas, phytomass carbon, Soil organic carbon, solifluction lobes
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-239239DOI: 10.1080/15230430.2024.2366333ISI: 001287780200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85201121427OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-239239DiVA, id: diva2:1936259
Available from: 2025-02-10 Created: 2025-02-10 Last updated: 2025-02-10Bibliographically approved

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