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Chemistry from thermokarst impacted soils, lakes, and streams near Toolik Lake Alaska, 2008-2011.

This file contains data collected from thermokarst impacted soils, lakes, and streams near Toolik Lake Alaska. Data are also presented for experimental manipulations of water (e.g., time course experiments). Sample descriptors include a unique sortchem #, site, date, time, depth, distance, elevation, treatment, date-time, category, and water type (e.g., lake, surface, soil). Physical/chemical measures collected in the field include temperature, conductivity, and pH. Chemical analyses performed later include alkalinity; dissolved inorganic and organic carbon (DIC and DOC); inorganic and total dissolved nutrients (NH4, PO4, NO3, TDN, TDP); particulate carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus (PC, PN, and PP); cations (Ca, Mg, Na, K, and Si); anions (SO4 and Cl); chlorophyll a, and oxygen. Note that archived data from before the NSF ARCSS-Thermokarst project started in 2009, and funded by NSF from 1988-2008 (e.g., by the NSF ARC LTER), are included in this dataset.

Inventory and description of thermokarst features observed along the Umiat Corridor in July 2009.

Using a combination of aerial imagery and ~1m resolution airborne lidar (collected July, 2009), we use manual visual inspection of the two datasets to identify point locations of over 7000 thermal erosion features (thermokarst) of varying maturity. For each feature we report its x,y position, the facing direction of the feature, the local topographic setting, the geologic unit it occurs on, the relative age of the feature and the specific type of thermal erosion feature.

Meteorological data near thermokarst sites around Toolik Lake Field Station, Summer 2009-Summer 2012

GroMeteorological parameters were measured hourly adjacent to thermokarst features in the region around Toolik Field Station. Pressure, rainfall, wind speed and direction, solar radiation, air temperature and relative humidity were all measured at 1-3m above the ground surface with an Onset U30 weather station connected to all sensors.

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Modeling CH4 and CO2 cycling using porewater stable isotopes in a thermokarst bog in Interior Alaska: Results from three conceptual reaction networks

Quantifying rates of microbial carbon transformation in peatlands is essential for gaining mechanistic understanding of the factors that influence methane emissions from these systems, and for predicting how emissions will respond to climate change and other disturbances. In this study, we used porewater stable isotopes collected from both the edge and center of a thermokarst bog in Interior Alaska to estimate in situ microbial reaction rates. We expected that near the edge of the thaw feature, actively thawing permafrost and greater abundance of sedges would increase carbon, oxygen and nutrient availability, enabling faster microbial rates relative to the center of the thaw feature. (full abstract available in supplemental file 610_NeumannPorewaterExtendedMetadataText.pdf)

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A dataset of thermokarst lake drainage events in northern Alaska (2000-2020)

The catastrophic thermokarst lake drainage events occurring in the circumpolar Arctic permafrost region are referred to as the new Arctic hazard. To accurately detect this disturbance process, the authors performed a time series analysis of changes in the thermokarst lake region of northern Alaska since 2000 using all available Landsat TM, ETM+, and OLI continuous data on the Google Earth Engine platform. This dataset includes 90 thermokarst lake drainage events detected in northern Alaska during 2000-2020 and year-by-year water distribution maps based on AWEI. The thermokarst lake drainage events are published in Shapefile format, including information on the area, location, drainage proportion, and year of drainage for each drained lake.

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Biogeochemical distinctiveness of peatland ponds, thermokarst waterbodies and lakes

This archive entry contains the original dataset used in the manuscript "Biogeochemical distinctiveness of peatland ponds, thermokarst waterbodies and lakes" as a CSV file (Arsenault-et-al_All.csv). The dataset is a global synthesis of the biogeochemical properties of lakes, peatland ponds and thermokarst waterbodies. It comprises a total of 12,475 observations (11,357 lakes worldwide, 827 thermokarst waterbodies from the Arctic circumpolar and the Himalaya regions and 291 peatland ponds from North America, Europe and Patagonia, from published and unpublished sources). The entry also includes subsets of the main dataset used to performed statistical analyses to compare and distinguish the biogeochemical properties of lakes, peatland ponds and thermokarst waterbodies (see file Tables_Statistical-analyses.pdf for details). The archive entry also contains the list of references from which we built the dataset, as a TXT file.

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Data on spatiotemporal thermokarst pond characteristics from a permafrost peatland, northern Sweden

Data related to the article: Seemann, F. & Sannel, A.B.K. (2024) Morphology and dynamics of thermokarst ponds in a subarctic permafrost peatland, northern Sweden. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, Available from: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.6021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.6021</a>. Each file contains metadata information. Detailed information on data aquisition can be found in the article.  Study area: Dávvavuopmi, northern Sweden (68°28'N, 20°54'E) Fieldwork was conducted 24 August – 3 September 2021.

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Water-level and subsurface water temperature at sensor from the Toolik River Thermokarst, 2010-2013

Data were collected to investigate if formation of gully thermokarst (TK) results in lowering of the water table and more rapid evacuation of water from above the frost table. Data were collected from 24 shallow screened wells. 2 replicate rows of 4 wells were located at: (a) a hillslope (HS) ~120m away from the gully TK, (b) perpendicular to the gully TK (TK) and (c) perpendicular to an unimpacted water track (WT) upstream of the gully TK. Note that water levels are the distance below the ground surface and may have organic/peat layers of different thicknesses. Also note that sensors were progressively lowered deeper into the well during the season, resulting in steps in the temperature and raw depth data. Data were collected with support from the NSF ARCSS-TK project, (OPP – 0806399) .

Ground temperature at and near I-Minus-2 thermokarst sites around Toolik Lake Field Station, Alaska, Summer 2009-Summer 2012

Ground temperatures were measured hourly at ~20-50cm intervals below the ground surface inside and adjacent to thermokarst features in the region around Toolik Field Station. Ground temperatures were measured using Hobo thermistors. Temperatures at 0 and 20cm depths were measured directly in the ground whereas 40cm and deeper measurements were logged from dry wells installed in summer 2009. IM2_GT01dot06_temp is located inside of the I-Minus-2 Gulley thermokarst, downslope.

Ground temperature at and near NE 14 thermokarst sites around Toolik Lake Field Station, Alaska, Summer 2009-Summer 2012

Ground temperatures were measured hourly at ~20-50cm intervals below the ground surface inside and adjacent to thermokarst features in the region around Toolik Field Station. Ground temperatures were measured using Hobo thermistors. Temperatures at 0 and 20cm depths were measured directly in the ground whereas 40cm and deeper measurements were logged from dry wells installed in summer 2009. NE14_TS02dot02_temp is located in the old NE14 thermokarst, upslope.

Ground temperature at and near Toolik River thermokarst sites around Toolik Lake Field Station, Alaska, Summer 2009-Summer 2012

Ground temperatures were measured hourly at ~20-50cm intervals below the ground surface inside and adjacent to thermokarst features in the region around Toolik Field Station. Ground temperatures were measured using Hobo thermistors. Temperatures at 0 and 20cm depths were measured directly in the ground whereas 40cm and deeper measurements were logged from dry wells installed in summer 2009. TRTK_GT01dot05_temp is located outside the TRTK thermokarst, midslope.

ARCSS/TK water chemistry and total suspended sediment data from I-Minus2 and Toolik River thermokarsts and receiving streams, near Toolik Field Station, Alaska, summers 2006-2013.

Water samples were taken at 5 locations at both I-Minus2 and Toolik River thermokarst sites (10 sampling locations total). A combination of ISCO and manual grab samples were taken depending on the sampling location and year.

Plant-mediated root methane emissions and oxidation in a thermokarst bog complex in the Bonanza Creek LTER Experimental Forest I - Standard Oxic Methane Fluxes 2015

Vascular plants are important in the wetland methane cycle but their effect on production, oxidation, and transport has high uncertainty, limiting our ability to predict emissions. Vegetation operated on top of baseline methane emissions, which varied with proximity to the thawing permafrost margin. Emissions from vegetated plots increased over the season, resulting in cumulative seasonal methane emissions that were 4.1-5.2 g m-2 season-1 greater than unvegetated plots. Mass balance calculations signify these greater emissions were due to increased methane production (3.0-3.5 g m-2 season-1) and decreased methane oxidation (1.1-1.6 g m-2 season-1). Minimal oxidation occurred along the plant-transport pathway and oxidation was suppressed outside the plant pathway. Our data indicate suppression of methane oxidation was stimulated by root exudates fueling competition among microbes for electron acceptors. Root exudates are known to fuel methane production and our work provides evidence they also decrease methane oxidation. This dataset contains the 2015 weekly oxic methane flux from treatment plots within a bog complex in the Bonanza Creek LTER. Treatments include natural-vegetation, simulated-aerenchyma, and sphagnum-only. No updates are planned.

Plant-mediated root methane emissions and oxidation in a thermokarst bog complex in the Bonanza Creek LTER Experimental Forest II - Non-standard Anoxic Methane Fluxes and Associated Standard Oxic Fluxes 2015

Vascular plants are important in the wetland methane cycle but their effect on production, oxidation, and transport has high uncertainty, limiting our ability to predict emissions. Vegetation operated on top of baseline methane emissions, which varied with proximity to the thawing permafrost margin. Emissions from vegetated plots increased over the season, resulting in cumulative seasonal methane emissions that were 4.1-5.2 g m-2 season-1 greater than unvegetated plots. Mass balance calculations signify these greater emissions were due to increased methane production (3.0-3.5 g m-2 season-1) and decreased methane oxidation (1.1-1.6 g m-2 season-1). Minimal oxidation occurred along the plant-transport pathway and oxidation was suppressed outside the plant pathway. Our data indicate suppression of methane oxidation was stimulated by root exudates fueling competition among microbes for electron acceptors. Root exudates are known to fuel methane production and our work provides evidence they also decrease methane oxidation. This dataset contains the 2015 weekly anoxic methane flux from treatment plots within a bog complex in the Bonanza Creek LTER. Anoxic measurements used with oxic measurements to calculate the fraction of methane oxidized. Treatments include natural-vegetation, simulated-aerenchyma, and sphagnum-only. No updates are planned.

Plant-mediated root methane emissions and oxidation in a thermokarst bog complex in the Bonanza Creek LTER Experimental Forest III - Non-standard Dark Methane Fluxes and Associated Standard Oxic Fluxes 2015

Vascular plants are important in the wetland methane cycle but their effect on production, oxidation, and transport has high uncertainty, limiting our ability to predict emissions. Vegetation operated on top of baseline methane emissions, which varied with proximity to the thawing permafrost margin. Emissions from vegetated plots increased over the season, resulting in cumulative seasonal methane emissions that were 4.1-5.2 g m-2 season-1 greater than unvegetated plots. Mass balance calculations signify these greater emissions were due to increased methane production (3.0-3.5 g m-2 season-1) and decreased methane oxidation (1.1-1.6 g m-2 season-1). Minimal oxidation occurred along the plant-transport pathway and oxidation was suppressed outside the plant pathway. Our data indicate suppression of methane oxidation was stimulated by root exudates fueling competition among microbes for electron acceptors. Root exudates are known to fuel methane production and our work provides evidence they also decrease methane oxidation. This dataset contains the 2015 weekly anoxic control methane flux from treatment plots within a bog complex in the Bonanza Creek LTER. Anoxic control measurements used to assess the effect of the anoxic fluxes on results. Treatments include natural-vegetation, simulated-aerenchyma, and sphagnum-only. No updates are planned.

Plant-mediated root methane emissions and oxidation in a thermokarst bog complex in the Bonanza Creek LTER Experimental Forest IV - Oxic and Anoxic Methane Fluxes on Isolated Carex Plants 2015

Vascular plants are important in the wetland methane cycle but their effect on production, oxidation, and transport has high uncertainty, limiting our ability to predict emissions. Vegetation operated on top of baseline methane emissions, which varied with proximity to the thawing permafrost margin. Emissions from vegetated plots increased over the season, resulting in cumulative seasonal methane emissions that were 4.1-5.2 g m-2 season-1 greater than unvegetated plots. Mass balance calculations signify these greater emissions were due to increased methane production (3.0-3.5 g m-2 season-1) and decreased methane oxidation (1.1-1.6 g m-2 season-1). Minimal oxidation occurred along the plant-transport pathway and oxidation was suppressed outside the plant pathway. Our data indicate suppression of methane oxidation was stimulated by root exudates fueling competition among microbes for electron acceptors. Root exudates are known to fuel methane production and our work provides evidence they also decrease methane oxidation. This dataset contains 2015 monthly methane fluxes from isolated Carex plants in a bog complex in the Bonanza Creek LTER. Isolated plant fluxes were used to partition the flux from the plant mediated pathway.

Plant-mediated root methane emissions and oxidation in a thermokarst bog complex in the Bonanza Creek LTER Experimental Forest V - Raw Microbial Community Analysis Data 2015

Vascular plants are important in the wetland methane cycle but their effect on production, oxidation, and transport has high uncertainty, limiting our ability to predict emissions. Vegetation operated on top of baseline methane emissions, which varied with proximity to the thawing permafrost margin. Emissions from vegetated plots increased over the season, resulting in cumulative seasonal methane emissions that were 4.1-5.2 g m-2 season-1 greater than unvegetated plots. Mass balance calculations signify these greater emissions were due to increased methane production (3.0-3.5 g m-2 season-1) and decreased methane oxidation (1.1-1.6 g m-2 season-1). Minimal oxidation occurred along the plant-transport pathway and oxidation was suppressed outside the plant pathway. Our data indicate suppression of methane oxidation was stimulated by root exudates fueling competition among microbes for electron acceptors. Root exudates are known to fuel methane production and our work provides evidence they also decrease methane oxidation. This dataset contains 2015 results from monthly DNA analyses taken on cores from natural conditions in a bog complex in the Bonanza Creek LTER.