SPRUCE Stability of Peatland Carbon to Rising Temperatures: Supporting Data

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These data are provided in support of the SPRUCE publication, Stability of peatland carbon to rising temperatures, Wilson et al., (2016).

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.

Citation

Wilson, R.M., A.M. Hopple, M.M. Tfaily, S.D. Sebestyen, C.W. Schadt, L. Pfeifer-Meister, C. Medvedeff, K.J. McFarlane, J.E. Kostka, M. Kolton, R. Kolka, L.A. Kluber, J.K. Keller, T.P. Guilderson, N.A. Griffiths, J.P. Chanton, S.D. Bridgham, and P.J. Hanson. 2016. SPRUCE Stability of Peatland Carbon to Rising Temperatures: Supporting Data. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TES SFA, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/spruce.026

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

SPRUCE ID: spruce.026

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Schematic of the SPRUCE site located in northern Minnesota. Three boardwalks transect the site, with experimental treatments plots branching radially off of those boardwalks. Numbers indicate the target temperatures, relative to ambient conditions.

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