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Effects of soil rewetting and thawing on soil gas fluxes: a review of current literature and suggestions for future research by Kim, D.-G, Vargas, R, Bond-Lamberty, B, Turetsky, M. R

“…The rewetting of dry soils and the thawing of frozen soils are short-term, transitional phenomena in terms of hydrology and the thermodynamics of soil systems…”
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Circumpolar distribution and carbon storage of thermokarst landscapes by Olefeldt, D., Goswami, S., Grosse, G., Hayes, D., Hugelius, G., Kuhry, P., McGuire, A. D., Romanovsky, V. E., Sannel, A.B.K., Schuur, E.A.G., Turetsky, M. R.

“…Thermokarst is the process whereby the thawing of ice-rich permafrost ground causes land subsidence, resulting in development of distinctive landforms…”
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Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback by Schuur, E. A. G., McGuire, A. D., Schädel, C., Grosse, G., Harden, J. W., Hayes, D. J., Hugelius, G., Koven, C. D., Kuhry, P., Lawrence, D. M., Natali, S. M., Olefeldt, D., Romanovsky, V. E., Schaefer, K., Turetsky, M. R., Treat, C. C., Vonk, J. E.

“…A large amount of organic carbon stored in frozen Arctic soils (permafrost) could be released as carbon dioxide and methane in a warming climate, which would…”
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The resilience and functional role of moss in boreal and arctic ecosystems by Turetsky, M R, B Bond‐Lamberty, Euskirchen, E, Talbot, J, Frolking, S, McGuire, A D, E‐S Tuittila

“…Mosses in northern ecosystems are ubiquitous components of plant communities, and strongly influence nutrient, carbon and water cycling. We use literature…”
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Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system by Archibald, S, Lehmann, C E R, Belcher, C M, Bond, W J, Bradstock, R A, Daniau, A-L, Dexter, K G, Forrestel, E J, Greve, M, He, T, Higgins, S I, Hoffmann, W A, Lamont, B B, McGlinn, D J, Moncrieff, G R, Osborne, C P, Pausas, J G, Price, O, Ripley, B S, Rogers, B M, Schwilk, D W, Simon, M F, Turetsky, M R, Van der Werf, G R, Zanne, A E

“…Roughly 3% of the Earth's land surface burns annually, representing a critical exchange of energy and matter between the land and atmosphere via combustion…”
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Moderate drop in water table increases peatland vulnerability to post-fire regime shift by Kettridge, N., Turetsky, M. R., Sherwood, J. H., Thompson, D. K., Miller, C. A., Benscoter, B. W., Flannigan, M. D., Wotton, B. M., Waddington, J. M.

“…Northern and tropical peatlands represent a globally significant carbon reserve accumulated over thousands of years of waterlogged conditions. It is unclear…”
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When the Source of Flooding Matters: Divergent Responses in Carbon Fluxes in an Alaskan Rich Fen to Two Types of Inundation by Euskirchen, E. S., Kane, E. S., Edgar, C. W., Turetsky, M. R.

“…The extent of groundwater-influenced rich fens is increasing across northern regions as permafrost thaws. The increase in the extent of these fens, which store…”
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Mapping and understanding the vulnerability of northern peatlands to permafrost thaw at scales relevant to community adaptation planning by Gibson, C, Cottenie, K, Gingras-Hill, T, Kokelj, S V, Baltzer, J L, Chasmer, L, Turetsky, M R

“…Abstract Developing spatially explicit permafrost datasets and climate assessments at scales relevant to northern communities is increasingly important as land…”
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Short-term response of methane fluxes and methanogen activity to water table and soil warming manipulations in an Alaskan peatland by Turetsky, M. R., Treat, C. C., Waldrop, M. P., Waddington, J. M., Harden, J. W., McGuire, A. D.

“…Growing season CH4 fluxes were monitored over a two year period following the start of ecosystem‐scale manipulations of water table position and surface soil…”
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Sources and fate of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon in lakes of a Boreal Plains region recently affected by wildfire by Olefeldt, D, Devito, K. J, Turetsky, M. R

“…Downstream mineralization and sedimentation of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon (DOC) render lakes important for landscape carbon cycling in the boreal…”
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Effects of Experimental Water Table and Temperature Manipulations on Ecosystem CO₂ Fluxes in an Alaskan Rich Fen by Chivers, M. R, Turetsky, M. R, Waddington, J. M, Harden, J. W, McGuire, A. D

“…Peatlands store 30% of the world's terrestrial soil carbon (C) and those located at northern latitudes are expected to experience rapid climate warming. We…”
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The disappearance of relict permafrost in boreal north America: Effects on peatland carbon storage and fluxes by TURETSKY, M. R., WIEDER, R. K., VITT, D. H., EVANS, R. J., SCOTT, K. D.

“…Boreal peatlands in Canada have harbored relict permafrost since the Little Ice Age due to the strong insulating properties of peat. Ongoing climate change has…”
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Influence of the permafrost boundary on dissolved organic matter characteristics in rivers within the Boreal and Taiga plains of western Canada by Olefeldt, D, Persson, A, Turetsky, M R

“…Catchment export of terrestrial dissolved organic matter (DOM) and its downstream degradation in aquatic ecosystems are important components of landscape scale…”
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Response of anaerobic carbon cycling to water table manipulation in an Alaskan rich fen by Kane, E.S., Chivers, M.R., Turetsky, M.R., Treat, C.C., Petersen, D.G., Waldrop, M., Harden, J.W., McGuire, A.D.

“…To test the effects of altered hydrology on organic soil decomposition, we investigated CO2 and CH4 production potential of rich-fen peat (mean surface…”
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Topographic influences on wildfire consumption of soil organic carbon in interior Alaska: Implications for black carbon accumulation by Kane, E. S., Kasischke, E. S., Valentine, D. W., Turetsky, M. R., McGuire, A. D.

“…We measured characteristics of soil organic carbon (SOC) and black carbon (BC) along opposed north‐ and south‐facing toposequences in recent (2004) and old…”
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Modeling the effects of fire severity and climate warming on active layer thickness and soil carbon storage of black spruce forests across the landscape in interior Alaska by Genet, H, McGuire, A D, Barrett, K, Breen, A, Euskirchen, E S, Johnstone, J F, Kasischke, E S, Melvin, A M, Bennett, A, Mack, M C, Rupp, T S, Schuur, A E G, Turetsky, M R, Yuan, F

“…There is a substantial amount of carbon stored in the permafrost soils of boreal forest ecosystems, where it is currently protected from decomposition. The…”
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Topographic controls on black carbon accumulation in Alaskan black spruce forest soils: implications for organic matter dynamics by Kane, E. S, Hockaday, W. C, Turetsky, M. R, Masiello, C. A, Valentine, D. W, Finney, B. P, Baldock, J. A

“…There is still much uncertainty as to how wildfire affects the accumulation of burn residues (such as black carbon (BC)) in the soil, and the corresponding…”
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Organic matter stocks increase with degree of invasion in temperate inland wetlands by Martina, J. P, Hamilton, S. K, Turetsky, M. R, Phillippo, C. J

“…AIMS: Wetlands provide a variety of ecosystem services, including nitrogen retention and carbon sequestration, and these services are linked through the…”
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Historical burn area in western Canadian peatlands and its relationship to fire weather indices by Turetsky, M.R, Amiro, B.D, Bosch, E, Bhatti, J.S

“…Peatlands store the majority of soil carbon in many northern regions, yet their vulnerability to fire remains poorly understood. We used large‐scale mapping of…”
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Modeling fire severity in black spruce stands in the Alaskan boreal forest using spectral and non-spectral geospatial data by Barrett, K., Kasischke, E.S., McGuire, A.D., Turetsky, M.R., Kane, E.S.

“…Biomass burning in the Alaskan interior is already a major disturbance and source of carbon emissions, and is likely to increase in response to the warming and…”
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