The emission of carbon dioxide from soils of the Pasvik nature reserve in the Kola Subarctic
- Authors: Kadulin M.S.1, Smirnova I.E.1, Koptsyk G.N.1
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Affiliations:
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Issue: Vol 50, No 9 (2017)
- Pages: 1055-1068
- Section: Soil Physics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1064-2293/article/view/224157
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229317090034
- ID: 224157
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Abstract
The emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) from podzols (Albic Podzols (Arenic)) and the factors controlling its spatiotemporal variability in the forest ecosystems of the Pasvik Reserve in the Kola Subarctic are characterized. Relatively favorable climatic conditions beyond the polar circle in summer are responsible for intensive soil respiration. The type of forest affects the emission of CO2 from the soil surface. The lowest rate of the CO2 emission is typical of the soils under lichen pine forest (105–220 mg C/(m2 h) or 180 g C/m2 during the summertime). Higher rates are observed for the soils under green moss pine (170–385 mg C/(m2 h) or 360 g C/m2 during the summertime) and birch (190–410 mg C/(m2 h) or 470 g C/m2 during the summertime) forests. This may related to a higher contribution of root respiration (44, 88, and 67%, respectively). Soil respiration and the contribution of root respiration to it increase with an increase in the canopy density; mass of small roots; microbial biomass; depth of the stony layer; soil moistening; and the contents of available carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium compounds. At the same time, they decrease with an increase in the portion of lichens in the ground cover. The seasonal dynamics are characterized by the
CO2 emission maximums in the summer and fall and minimum in the spring. The daily dynamics are smoothed under conditions of the polar day.
About the authors
M. S. Kadulin
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: tubmaxxl@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
I. E. Smirnova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: tubmaxxl@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
G. N. Koptsyk
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: tubmaxxl@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow