Search Results - "Packalen, Maara"
-
1
Large stocks of peatland carbon and nitrogen are vulnerable to permafrost thaw
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (25-08-2020)“…Northern peatlands have accumulated large stocks of organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), but their spatial distribution and vulnerability to climate warming…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
2
A database and synthesis of northern peatland soil properties and Holocene carbon and nitrogen accumulation
Published in Holocene (Sevenoaks) (01-09-2014)“…Here, we present results from the most comprehensive compilation of Holocene peat soil properties with associated carbon and nitrogen accumulation rates for…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
3
Carbon storage and potential methane production in the Hudson Bay Lowlands since mid-Holocene peat initiation
Published in Nature communications (11-06-2014)“…Peatlands have influenced Holocene carbon (C) cycling by storing atmospheric C and releasing methane (CH 4 ). Yet, our understanding of contributions from the…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
4
Latitudinal limits to the predicted increase of the peatland carbon sink with warming
Published in Nature climate change (2018)“…The carbon sink potential of peatlands depends on the balance of carbon uptake by plants and microbial decomposition. The rates of both these processes will…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
5
The essential carbon service provided by northern peatlands
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-05-2022)“…Northern peatlands have cooled the global climate by accumulating large quantities of soil carbon (C) over thousands of years. Maintaining the C sink function…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
6
Holocene carbon storage and testate amoeba community structure in treed peatlands of the western Hudson Bay Lowlands margin, Canada
Published in Journal of quaternary science (01-01-2023)“…The Hudson Bay Lowlands (HBL) stores a significant proportion of the northern peatland carbon pool, and constraints on the factors controlling local‐scale…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
7
Mineral inputs, paleoecological change, and Holocene carbon accumulation at a boreal peatland in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada
Published in Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology (15-06-2022)“…The Hudson Bay Lowlands (HBL) is a vast contiguous peatland extending over >370,000 km2 in Canada's boreal-subarctic, and is the traditional land of the…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
8
Peat profile database from peatlands in Canada
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-10-2024)“…Peatlands cover approximately 12% of the Canadian landscape and play an important role in the carbon cycle through their centennial‐ to millennial‐scale…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
9
Quantifying Holocene variability in carbon uptake and release since peat initiation in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada
Published in Holocene (Sevenoaks) (01-09-2014)“…Northern peatlands are a globally significant carbon (C) reservoir, yet also function as dynamic methane (CH4) sources to the atmosphere. The fate of peatland…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
10
Post-glacial lake development and paleoclimate in the central Hudson Bay Lowlands inferred from sediment records
Published in Journal of paleolimnology (01-06-2020)“…We compile a multi-proxy Holocene record from North Raft Lake located in the sub-Arctic Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada. Specifically, we use subfossil chironomid,…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
11
Climate and peat type in relation to spatial variation of the peatland carbon mass in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Biogeosciences (01-04-2016)“…Northern peatlands store ~500 Pg of carbon (C); however, controls on the spatial distribution of the stored C may differ regionally, owing to the complex…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
12
Peat Carbon Vulnerability to Projected Climate Warming in the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada: A Decision Support Tool for Land Use Planning in Peatland Dominated Landscapes
Published in Frontiers in earth science (Lausanne) (21-07-2021)“…Peatlands help regulate climate by sequestering (net removal) carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in plants and soils. However, as mean annual air…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
13
Establishing a sustainable harvest for Canada yew (Taxus canadensis Marsh.) in Ontario
Published in Forestry chronicle (01-07-2011)“…In 2003, commercial harvest of Canada yew (Taxus canadensis Marsh.) in Ontario began—but without a sustainable harvest policy. In 2005, we began to determine…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
14
Peatland Stream Lipid Biogeochemistry Features in an Intermediate Fen Peatland, Ontario Canada
Published in Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) (01-04-2011)“…Changes in climate and land use pressures in the boreal region may influence peatland stream sediment organic carbon (C) dynamics. Fifteen to 50% of stream…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
15
Vegetation management is essential to regeneration success of red oak ( Quercus rubra L.) at its northern range limit: results from a 10-year field experiment
Published in Forestry chronicle (01-11-2022)“…The effect of three vegetation management treatments on height, root collar diameter, mortality probability, health, and dominance class were assessed for…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
16
Soil Microbial Community Response to Permafrost Degradation in Palsa Fields of the Hudson Bay Lowlands: Implications for Greenhouse Gas Production in a Warming Climate
Published in Global biogeochemical cycles (01-06-2021)“…Permafrost thaw in northern peatlands alters the ground thermal conditions, moisture, and chemistry that control microbial activity responsible for the…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
17
Methane and methanogen community dynamics across a boreal peatland nutrient gradient
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-05-2012)“…Field and lab-based methane (CH4) fluxes and methanogen community structure were characterized across three peatlands in central Ontario (Canada) representing…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
18
Holocene Carbon Dynamics in the Patterned Peatlands of the Hudson Bay Lowland, Canada: Reducing Landscape-Scale Uncertainty in a Changing Climate
Published 01-01-2015“…Northern peatlands have accumulated ~500 Pg of carbon (C) over millennia, and contributed to a net climate cooling. However, the fate of peatland C pools and…”
Get full text
Dissertation