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SPRUCE Stability of Peatland Carbon to Rising Temperatures: Supporting Data

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  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A
  2. USDA Forest Service
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This data set reports the results of extensive field measurements and laboratory analyses of samples from the SPRUCE experiment. Results indicate that ecosystem-scale warming of over 2 m of peat exponentially increased CH4 emissions —but not ecosystem respiration of CO2. Multiple lines of evidence, including incubations and in situ analyses of 14C, dissolved gases, and microbial community metabolic potential, indicate that CH4 emissions increased due to surface processes and not degradation of deeper buried carbon. The supporting data provided include the summarized and aggregated data used to generate the six figures in the main text of the paper and the 12 supplementary figures.

Research Organization:
ORNLTESSFA (Oak Ridge National Lab's Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Scientific Focus Area (ORNL TES SFA))
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23). Climate and Environmental Sciences Division
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1415751
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

SPRUCE Stability of Peatland Carbon to Rising Temperatures: Supporting Data dataset January 2016

Cited By (1)

Stability of peatland carbon to rising temperatures journal December 2016

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SPRUCE Experiment
ORNL TES SFA
U.S. DOE Office of Science
Marcell Experimental Forest
Northern Research Station
U.S. Forest Service
Radiocarbon
CH4 production rates
methane
soil warming