Search for dissertations about: "soil during decomposition"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words soil during decomposition.
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1. Decomposition of soil organic matter under a changing climate : a matter of efficiency?
Abstract : Soil organic matter is the largest carbon (C) pool in the terrestrial C cycle, and soil CO₂ emissions surpass anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel combustion by a factor of nine. Therefore, mechanisms controlling C stabilisation in soils and its feedback to climate change are widely debated. READ MORE
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2. Achieving carbon isotope mass balance in northern forest soils, soil respiration and fungi
Abstract : Northern forests contain a large part of the global terrestrial carbon pool and it is unclear whether they will be sinks or sources for atmospheric carbon if the climate warms as predicted. Stable isotope techniques provide unique tools to study the carbon cycle at different scales but the interpretation of the isotope data is impaired by our inability to close the carbon isotope mass balance of ecosystems. READ MORE
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3. Mycorrhizal guild functions and conservational values in boreal forests
Abstract : The immense diversity and biomass of ericoid-, ectomycorrhizal, and saprotrophic fungal guilds in boreal forest soils make them vital components of conservation and ecosystem processes, and in particular, many ectomycorrhizal fungi are considered species of conservation concern. However, amalgamated information on the functions and relationships of soil fungi to perceived forest conservation values, and how inter and intra-guild interactions affect the accretion and decomposition of soil organic matter is lacking. READ MORE
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4. Microbial life in boreal soils : on the availability and fate of carbon substrates for microbial activity in boreal soils
Abstract : The large pool of carbon (C) stored as soil organic matter (SOM) in soils of high-latitude ecosystems contains more organic C than all global vegetation and the atmosphere combined. Global climate change is expected to have especially pronounced effects in these ecosystems, and even small changes in the accumulation and decomposition of their soil C pool driven by heterotrophic microbial activity could profoundly affect atmospheric CO₂ levels and thus the global climate. READ MORE
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5. Greenhouse gas emissions from rewetted extracted peatlands in Sweden
Abstract : Peat extraction for horticultural purposes and energy production has a long tradition in Northern Europe. Related drainage activities directly affect the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance due to oxidative peat decomposition and denitrification, with concomitant emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and nitrous oxide (N₂O). Rewetting, i.e. READ MORE