Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-581-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-581-2020
Research article
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05 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 05 Feb 2020

Dissolved organic carbon mobilized from organic horizons of mature and harvested black spruce plots in a mesic boreal region

Keri L. Bowering, Kate A. Edwards, Karen Prestegaard, Xinbiao Zhu, and Susan E. Ziegler

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (12 Jun 2019) by Frank Hagedorn
AR by Keri L. Bowering on behalf of the Authors (28 Oct 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (15 Nov 2019)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Nov 2019) by Frank Hagedorn
AR by Keri L. Bowering on behalf of the Authors (20 Dec 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (10 Jan 2020) by Frank Hagedorn
AR by Keri L. Bowering on behalf of the Authors (12 Jan 2020)  Manuscript 
Short summary
We examined the effects of season and tree harvesting on the flow of water and the organic carbon (OC) it carries from boreal forest soils. We found that more OC was lost from the harvested forest because more precipitation reached the soil surface but that during periods of flushing in autumn and snowmelt a limit on the amount of water-extractable OC is reached. These results contribute to an increased understanding of carbon loss from boreal forest soils.
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