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Carbon sequestration related to soil physical and chemical properties in the high Arctic.
Arctic soils are essential sinks of soil organic carbon (SOC). Its content positively correlates with dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen, which suggests that these forms of nutrients contribute to the stabilization of SOC through the increased formation of aggregates even in the initial stages of soil development. Carbon sequestration in Arctic soils corresponds to the total SOC content and the stabilization mechanisms in soil fractions.
Collaborating subject: Centrum polární ekologie, PřF JU; Výzkumná infrastruktura SOWA, BC AV ČR; Botanický ústav AV ČR
Publications: Jílková V., Devetter M., Bryndová M., Hájek T., Kotas P., Luláková P., Meador T.B., Navrátilová D., Saccone P., Macek P., 2021 - Carbon sequestration related to soil physical and chemical properties in the high Arctic. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 35 (9), Article number e2020GB006877. DOI: 10.1029/2020GB006877
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Locations of study sites and their delimitation by physical and chemical soil properties
Study sites located on Svalbard (Spitzbergen) differ in vegetation cover and moisture and total and available nutrient contents based on the development stage of soils.
