Journal article
Environmental and taxonomic controls of carbon and oxygen stable isotope composition in Sphagnum across broad climatic and geographic ranges
Abstract
Abstract. Rain-fed peatlands are dominated by peat mosses (Sphagnum sp.), which for their growth depend on nutrients, water and CO2 uptake from the atmosphere. As the isotopic composition of carbon (12,13C) and oxygen (16,18O) of these Sphagnum mosses are affected by environmental conditions, Sphagnum tissue accumulated in peat constitutes a potential long-term archive that can be used for climate reconstruction. However, there is inadequate …
Authors
Granath G; Rydin H; Baltzer JL; Bengtsson F; Boncek N; Bragazza L; Bu Z-J; Caporn SJM; Dorrepaal E; Galanina O
Journal
Biogeosciences, Vol. 15, No. 16, pp. 5189–5202
Publisher
Copernicus Publications
DOI
10.5194/bg-15-5189-2018
ISSN
1726-4170