Journal
ANTARCTIC SCIENCE
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 27-33Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000581
Keywords
Cryosols; geostatistics; greenhouse gases; maritime Antarctic; soil carbon; soil respiration
Funding
- CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico)
- FAPESP (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo), Brazil
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Soil CO2 emission is an important part of the terrestrial carbon cycling and is influenced by several factors, such as type and distribution of vegetation. In this work we evaluated the spatial variability of soil CO2 emission in terrestrial ecosystems of maritime Antarctica, under two contrasting vegetation covers: 1) grass areas of Deschampsia antarctica Desv., and 2) moss carpets of Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske. Highest mean emission was obtained for the Deschampsia (4.13 mu mol m(-2) s(-1)) developed on organic-rich soil with a strong penguin influence. The overall results indicate that soil temperature is not directly related to the spatial pattern of soil CO2 emission at the sites studied. Emission adjusted models were Gaussian and exponential with ranges varying from 1.3 to 2.8 m, depending on the studied site and vegetation cover.
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