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Mats Nilsson

Mats Nilsson
Professor emeritus (Senior Advisor) at the Department of Forest Ecology and Management

Presentation

I am a professor in Soil Science, Biogeochemistry. I do research and teaching on elemental cycling within ecosystems and exchange processes between ecosystems and the atmosphere with a focus on boreal and sub-arctic regions and in particular high latitude mires. I am co-PI of the Swedish contribution to the European Research Infra Structure Integrated Carbon Observatory Systems (ICOS ERIC) and station co-PI in the Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES).

Research

My major research interest is the biogeochemistry of organic material with a focus on carbon cycling. The research on carbon cycling and exchange span from molecular to biosphere – atmosphere scales. Much of the research is conducted at high latitude mire and forest ecosystems. The ecosystem level research on high latitude mires aims at understanding the long term controls on the full carbon and green-house gas balance of mires. Much of this research is based at Degerö Stormyr, northern Sweden, being one of the most heavily instrumented high latitude mires with continuous measurements of the ecosystem-atmosphere exchange of both CO2 and CH4 and the discharge C-export since 2003. In addition we are maintaining several long-tem (>15 years) field manipulations to study the effects of anthropogenic perturbations (sulphur and nitrogen deposition) and changing climate (field deployed greenhouses and winter-time snow manipulation experiments) on mire ecology and biogeochemistry. Another focus area is the role of high-latitude mires for mercury transformations and eventually bioaccumulation in freshwater fish.

In close collaboration with Professor Jürgen Schleucher, Umeå University, I am using both standard and cutting-edge NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Spectroscopy approaches to understand the role of organic matter molecular composition in controlling its degradation and long-term sequestration.

Much of the field-based research is undertaken within either of the two research infrastructures ICOS ERIC (Integrated Carbon Observatory Systems, European Research Infrastructure Consortium; http://www.icos-sweden.se/station_degero.html) and SITES (Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Sciences; https://www.slu.se/en/degero; http://www.slu.se/en/svartberget-databases).

 

 

 

 

Selected publications

ISI Web of Science bibliometrics as of 2022 09 23

WoS H-index 50; >6600 citations

186 peer-reviewed papers (ISI WoS papers) in international scientific journals in total.

 

 Complete list of peer-reviewed publications (not recently updated)

133. Skov Nielsen, C., Hasselquist, N., Nilsson, M.B., Oquist, M., Jarveoja, J. and M. Peichl 2019  A Novel Approach for High-Frequency in-situ Quantification of Methane Oxidation in Peatlands, Soil Systems Soil Syst. 2019, 3(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems3010004

2018

132. Nemitz, E., I. Mammarella, A. Ibrom, M. Aurela, G. Burba, S. Dengel, B. Gielen, A. Grelle, B. Heinesch, M. Herbst, L. Hörtnagl, L. Klemedtsson, A. Lindroth, A. Lohila, D. McDermitt, P. Meier, L. Merbold, D. Nelson, G. Nicolini, M. Nilsson, O. Peltola, J. Rinne, M. Zahniser, 2018. Standardisation of eddy-covariance flux measurements of methane and nitrous oxide, International Agrophysics, 32, 4, 517-549, doi. 10.1515/intag-2017-0042

131. Franz, D., M. Acosta, N. Altimir, N. Arriga, D. Arrouays, M. Aubinet, M. Aurela, E. Ayres, A. López-Ballesteros, M. Barbaste, D. Berveiller, S. Biraud, H. Boukir, T. Brown, C. Brümmer, N. Buchmann, G. Burba, A. Carrara, A. Cescatti, E. Ceschia, R. Clement, E. Cremonese, P. Crill, E. Darenova, S. Dengel, P. D’Odorico, F. Gianluca, S. Fleck, G. Fratini, R. Fuß, B. Gielen, S. Gogo, J. Grace, A. Graf, A. Grelle, P. Gross, T. Grünwald, S. Haapanala, M. Hehn, B. Heinesch, J. Heiskanen, M. Herbst, C. Herschlein, L. Hörtnagl, K. Hufkens, A. Ibrom, C. Jolivet, L. Joly, M. Jones, R. Kiese, L. Klemedtsson, N. Kljun, K. Klumpp, P. Kolari, O. Kolle, A. Kowalski, W. Kutsch, T. Laurila, A. De Ligne, S. Linder, A. Lindroth, A. Lohila, B. Longdoz, I. Mammarella, T. Manise, S. Marañon-Jimenez, G. Matteucci, M. Mauder, P. Meier, L. Merbold, S. Mereu, S. Metzger, M. Migliavacca, M. Mölder, L. Montagnani, C. Moureaux, D. Nelson, E. Nemitz, G. Nicolini, M. Nilsson, M. Op de Beeck, B. Osborne, M. Ottosson Löfvenius, M. Pavelka, M. Peichl, O. Peltola, M. Pihlatie, A. Pitacco, R. Pokorny, J. Pumpanen, C. Ratié, M. Schrumpf, P. Sedlák, P. Serrano Ortiz, L. Siebicke, L. Šigut, H. Silvennoinen, G. Simioni, U. Skiba, O. Sonnentag, K. Soudani, P. Soulé, R. Steinbrecher, T. Tallec, A. Thimonier, E. Tuittila, J. Tuovinen, P. Vestin, G. Vincent, C. Vincke, D. Vitale, P. Waldner, P. Weslien, L. Wingate, G. Wohlfahrt, M. Zahniser, T. Vesala. 2018, Towards long-term standardised carbon and greenhouse gas observations for monitoring Europe´s terrestrial ecosystems: a review, International Agrophysics. 32, 4, 439-455, doi. 10.1515/intag-2017-0039

130. Pavelka, M., M. Acosta, R. Kiese, N. Altimir, C. Brümmer, P. Crill, E. Darenova, R. Fuß, B. Gielen, A. Graf, L. Klemedtsson, A. Lohila, B. Longdoz, A. Lindroth, M. Nilsson, S. Marañon-Jimenez, L. Merbold, L. Montagnani, M. Peichl, M. Pihlatie, J. Pumpanen, P. Serrano Ortiz, H. Silvennoinen, U. Skiba, P. Vestin, P. Weslien, D. Janouš, W. Kutsch 2018, Standardisation of chamber technique for CO2, N2O and CH4 fluxes measurements from terrestrial ecosystems, International Agrophysics, 32, 4, 569-587, doi.10.1515/intag-2017-0045

129. Gielen, B., M. Acosta, N. Altimir, N. Buchmann, A. Cescatti, E. Ceschia, S. Fleck, L. Hörtnagl, K. Klumpp, P. Kolari, A. Lohila, D. Loustau, S. Marañon-Jimenez, T. Manise, G. Matteucci, L. Merbold, C. Metzger, C. Moureaux, L. Montagnani, M. Nilsson, B. Osborne, D. Papale, M. Pavelka, M. Saunders, G. Simioni, K. Soudani, O. Sonnentag, T. Tallec, E. Tuittila, M. Peichl, R. Pokorny, C. Vincke, G. Wohlfahrt, 2018, Ancillary vegetation measurements at ICOS ecosystem stations,  International Agrophysics 2018, 32, 4, 645-664, doi:10.1515/intag-2017-0048

128. M. Op de Beeck, B. Gielen, L. Merbold, E. Ayres, P. Serrano-Ortiz, M. Acosta, M. Pavelka, L. Montagnani, M. Nilsson, L. Klemedtsson, C. Vincke, A. De Ligne, C. Moureaux, S. Marañon-Jimenez, M. Saunders, S. Mereu, L. Hörtnagl, 2018, Soil-meteorological measurements at ICOS monitoring stations in terrestrial ecosystems, International Agrophysics, 32, 4, 619-631, doi. 10.1515/intag-2017-0041

 127. Alekseychik, P.,  I. Mammarella, A. Lindroth, A. Lohila, M. Aurela, T. Laurila, V. Kasurinen, M. Lund, J. Rinne, M.B. Nilsson, M. Peichl, K. Minkkinen, N.J. Shurpali, E.-S. Tuittila, P.J. Martikainen, J.-P. Tuovinen and T. Vesala (2018) Surface energy exchange in pristine and managed boreal peatlands, Mires and Peat,  21:14

126. Peichl, M., Gazovic, M., Vermeij, I., de Goede, E., Sonnentag, O., Limpens, J. and M.B. Nilsson (2018) Peatland vegetation composition and phenology drive the seasonal trajectory of maximum gross primary production Scientific Reports, article number:8012 (2018), doi:10.1038/s41598-018-26147-4

125. Järveoja, J., Nilsson, M.B., Gazovic, M., Crill, P.M. and Peichl, M. (2018) Partitioning of the net CO2 exchange using an automated chamber system reveals plant phenology as key control of production and respiration fluxes in a boreal peatland, Global Change Biology, 2018:1-6,  doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14292

124. Campeau, A., Bishop, K., Nilsson, M.B., Klemedtsson, Laudon, H., Leith F.I., Öquist, M. and M.B. Wallin, (2018) Stable carbon isotopes reveal soil-stream DIC linkages in contrasting headwater catchments JGR-Biogeosciences, DOI: 10.1002/2017JG004083

123. Qiu, C., Zhu, D., Ciais, P., Guenet, B., Krinner, G., Peng, S., Aurela, M., Bernhofer, C., Brümmer, C., Bret-Harte, S., Chu, H., Chen, J., Desai, A. R., Dušek, J., Euskirchen, E. S., Fortuniak, K., Flanagan, L. B., Friborg, T., Grygoruk, M., Gogo, S., Grünwald, T., Hansen, B. U., Holl, D., Humphreys, E., Hurkuck, M., Kiely, G., Klatt, J., Kutzbach, L., Largeron, C., Laggoun-Défarge, F., Lund, M., Lafleur, P. M., Li, X., Mammarella, I., Merbold, L., Nilsson, M. B., Olejnik, J., Ottosson-Löfvenius, M., Oechel, W., Parmentier, F.-J. W., Peichl, M., Pirk, N., Peltola, O., Pawlak, W., Rasse, D., Rinne, J., Shaver, G., Schmid, H. P., Sottocornola, M., Steinbrecher, R., Sachs, T., Urbaniak, M., Zona, D., and Ziemblinska, K. (2018) ORCHIDEE-PEAT (revision 4596), a model for northern peatland CO2, water, and energy fluxes on daily to annual scales, Geoscientific Model Development, 11, 497-519, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-497-2018

122. Jocher, G., Marshall, J., Nilsson, M.B., Linder, S., De Simon, G., Hörnlund, T., Lundmark, T., Näsholm, T., Ottosson Löfvenius, M., Tarvainen, L. and M Peichl (2018) Impact of canopy decoupling and subcanopy advection on the annual carbon balance of a boreal Scots pine forest as derived from eddy covariance JGR-Biogeosciences, DOI: 10.1002/2017JG003988

121. Osterwalder, S., Sommar, J., Åkerblom, S., Jocher, G., Fritsche, J., Nilsson, M.B., Bishop, K. and C. Alewell,  (2018) Comparative study of elemental mercury flux measurement techniques over a Fennoscandian boreal peatland, Atmospheric Environment, 172:16-25, doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.10.025

120.Weston, David; Turetsky, Merritt; Johnson, Matthew; Granath, Gustaf; Lindo, Zoe; Belyea, Lisa; Rice, Steven; Hanson, David; Engelhardt, Katharina; Schmutz, Jeremy; Dorrepaal, Ellen; Euskirchen, Eugenie; Stenøien, Hans; Szövényi, Péter ; Jackson, Michelle; Piatkowski, Bryan; Muchero, Wellington; Norby, Richard; Kostka, Joel; Glass, Jennifer; Rydin, H; Limpens, Juul; Tuittila, Eeva Stiina; Ullrich, Kristian; Carrell, Alyssa; Benscoter, Brian; Chen, Jin-Gui; Oke, Tobi; Nilsson, M. B. Ranjan, Priya; Jacobson, Daniel; Lilleskov, Erik; Clymo, RS; Shaw, A. Jonathan (2018) The Sphagnome Project: enabling ecological and evolutionary insights through a genus-level sequencing project, New Phytologist, DOI: 10.1111/nph.14860

119. Sponseller, R.A., Blackburn M., Nilsson M.B. and H. Laudon (2018) Headwater mires constitute a major source of nitrogen (N) to surface waters in the boreal landscape  Ecosystems, doi : 10.1007/s10021-017-0133-0

2017

118. Osterwalder, S., Bishop, K., Alewell, C., Fritsche, J., Laudon, H., Åkerblom, S and M. B. Nilsson (2017). Mercury evasion from a boreal peatland shortens the timeline for recovery from legacy pollution. Scientific Reports, DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-16141-7

117. Segura, J., Nilsson, M.B., Haei, M., Sparrman, T¸ Mikkola, J-P., Gräsvik, J., Schleucher, J and M.G. Öquist. (2017) Microbial mineralization of cellulose in frozen soils, Nature Communication, 8:1154, doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01230-y

116. Campeau, A., Bishop, K.H., Billett, M.F., Garnett, M.H., Laudon, H., Leach, J.A., Nilsson, M.B., Öquist, M.G. and M, .B. Wallin (2017) Aquatic export of young dissolved and gaseous carbon from a pristine boreal fen: Implications for peat stock stability, doi:10.1111/gcb.13815, Global Change Biology, doi:10.1111/gcb.13815, 

115. Soucémarianadin, L.N., Erhagen, B., Nilsson, M.B., Öquist, M.G., Immerzel, P. and J. Schleucher (2017) Two dimensional NMR spectroscopy for molecular characterization of soil organic matter: Application to boreal soils and litter, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.06.019 Organic Geochemistry,  OG3580

114. Limpens, J., Bohlin, E. and M.B. Nilsson (2017) Phylogenetic or environmental control on the elemental and organo-chemical composition of Sphagnum mosses? Plant and Soil, doi:10.1007/s11104-017-3239-4

113. Zhao, J., Peichl, M and M.B. Nilsson (2017) Long-term enhanced winter soil frost alters growing season CO2 fluxes through its impact on vegetation development in a boreal peatland, Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.13621

112. Jocher, G., Ottosson Löfvenius M., De Simon, G., Hörnlund ,T., Linder, S., Lundmark, T., Marshall, J., Nilsson, M. B., Näsholm, T., Tarvainen, L., Öquist, M., and M. Peichl 2017 Apparent winter CO2 uptake by a boreal forest due to decoupling, Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 232 :23-34, doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.08.002

111. Olid Garcia, C., Bindler, R., Nilsson, M.B., Eriksson, T. and J. Klaminder (2017) Effects of warming and increased nitrogen and sulfur deposition on boreal mire geochemistry Applied Geochemistry, 78 :149-157

110. Moor, H., Rydin, H., Hylander, K., Nilsson, M.B., Lindborg, R., J. Norberg, 2017 Towards a trait-based ecology of wetland vegetation, Journal of Ecology, doi : 10.11 11/1365-2745.12734

109. Jonsson, S., Andersson, A., Nilsson, M.B., Skyllberg, U., Lundberg, E., Schaefer, J.K. Åkerblom, S. and E. Björn (2017) Terrestrial discharges mediate trophic shifts and enhance methylmercury accumulation in estuarine biota, Science Advances, 3 :e 1601239 

108. Öquist, M.G., Erhagen, B., Haei, M., Sparrman, T., Ilstedt, U., Schleucher, J. and M.B. Nilsson (2017) The effect of temperature and substrate quality on the carbon use efficiency of saprotrophic decomposition, Plant & Soil, 414:113-125, DOI:10.1007/s11104-016-3104-x

107. Nijp, J.J. Metselaar, K., Limpens, J., Teutschbein, C., Peichl, M., Nilsson, M.B., Berendse, F. and Sjoeerd E.A.T.M. van der Zee (2017) Including hydrological self-regulating processes in peatland models: Effects on peat moss drought projections STOTEN, 580:1389-1400, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.104

 106. Larsson, A., Segerström, U., Laudon, H, and M.B.  Nilsson (2017) Holocene carbon and nitrogen accumulation rates in a boreal oligotrophic fen, Holocene, I-II, doi:10.1177/0959683616675936

2016

105. Metzger, C., Nilsson, M.B., Peichl, M. and P-E Jansson (2016) Parameter interactions and sensitivity analysis for modelling carbon heat and water fluxes in a natural peatland, using CoupModel v5, Geoscientific Model Development, 9:4313-4338, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-4313-2016
104. Liem-Nguyen, V., Jonsson, S., Skyllberg, U., Nilsson, M., Andersson, A., Lundberg, E., and E. Björn 2016 Effects of nutrient loading and mercury chemical speciation on the formation and degradation of methylmercury in estuarine sediment, Environmental Science & Technology,

103. Leach et al Twelve year interannual and seasonal variability of stream carbon export from a boreal peatland catchment (2016) JGR-Biogeosciences, doi: 10.1002/2016JG003357

102. Zhao, J., Peichl, M., Öquist, M. and M.B. Nilsson (2016) Gross primary production controls the subsequent winter CO2 exchange in a boreal peatland Global Change Biology, 22(12):4028-4037. doi:10.1111/gcb.13308.

101. Osterwald, S., Fritsche, J., Alewell, C., Scmutz, M., Nilsson, M.B., Jocher, G., Sommar, J., Rinne, J. and K. Bishop  2016 A dual-inlet, single detector relaxed eddy accumulation system for long-term measurement of mercury flux, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9:509-524, doi:10.5194/atm-9-509-2016
100. Feng, W., Boily, J-F., Erhagen, B., Nilsson, M.B. and J. Klaminder (2016) Millennia-old organic carbon in a boreal paleosol: chemical properties and their link to mineralizable carbon fraction, Journal of Soils and Sediments, 16:85-94, doi: 10.1007/s11368-015-1197-0

99. Zhao, J., Peichl, M and M. B. Nilsson 2016 Enhanced winter soil frost reduces methane emission during the subsequent growing season in a boreal peatland Global Change Biology, 22:750-762,  DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13119 

2015
98. Erhagen, B., Ilstedt, U. and M.B. Nilsson, 2015 Temperature sensitivity of heterotrophic soil CO2 production increases with increasing carbon substrate uptake rate, Soil Biology & Biogeochemistry, 80:45-52, 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.09.021  
97. Nijp, J.J., J. Limpens, K. Metselaar, M. Peichl, M. B. Nilsson, S E.A.T.M. van der Zee and F. Berendse. 2015. Rain events decrease boreal peatland net CO2 uptake through reduced light availability. Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.12864 
96. Berg, B., Erhagen, B., Johansson, M.B., Nilsson, M. Stendahl, J., Trum, F. and L. Vesterdal 2015, Manganese in the litter fall-forest floor continuum of boreal and temperate pine and spruce forest ecosystems - A review  Forest Ecology and Management, 358 :248-260.
 95. Ehlers, I., Augustini, A., Betson, T.R. Nilsson, M.B., Marshall, J.D. and J. Schleucher (2015) Detecting long-term metabolic shifts using isotopomers: CO2-driven suppression of photorespiration in C3 plants over the 20th century, Proceedings National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), doi: 10.1073/pnas.1504493112


2014
94. Olid, C., Nilsson, Mats B., Eriksson, T. and J. Klaminder (2014) The effects of temperature and nitrogen and sulphur additions on carbon accumulation in a nutrient-poor boreal mire: decadal effects assessed using 210Pb peat chronologies Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002365

93. Carmino-Serrano, M., Gielen, B., Luyssaert, S., Ciais, P., Vicca, S., Guenet, B., DeVos, B., Cools, N., Ahrens, B., Arain, M.A., Borken, W., Clarke, N., Clarkson, B., Cummins, B., Don, A., Graf Pannatier, E., Laudon, H., Moore, T., Nieminen, T.M., Nilsson, M.B., Peichl, M., Schwendenmann, L., Siemens, J. and I. Janssens (2014) Linking variability in soil solution dissolved organic carbon to climate, soil type, and vegetation Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 28, doi:10.1002/2013GB004726
92. Peichl, M., Öquist, M., Ottosson-Löfvenius, M., Ilstedt, U., Sagerfors, J., Grelle, A., Lindroth, A., Nilsson, M.B. (2014) A 12-year record reveals pre-growing season temperature and water table level threshold effects on the net carbon dioxide uptake in a boreal fen, Environmental Research Letters 9 055006 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/5/055006
91. Öquist, M. G., Bishop K., Grelle, A. Klemedtsson, L., Köhler, S., Laudon, H., Lindroth, A. Ottosson Löfvenius, M., Wallin M. B. and M.B. Nilsson (2014) The full annual carbon balance of boreal forests is highly sensitive to precipitation Environmental Science & Technology Letters DOI:10.1021/ez500169j
90. Sofi Jonsson, Skyllberg, U., Nilsson, M.B., Lundberg, E., Andersson, A., E. Björn (2014) Differentiated availability of geochemical mercury pools control methylmercury levels in estuarine sediment and biota, Nature Communications  5, Article number: 4624, DOI:doi:10.1038/ncomms5624
89. Song, B., Niu, S., Luo, R., Luo, Y., Chen, J., Yu, G., Olejnik, J., Wohlfahrt, G., Kiely, G., Noormets, A., Montagnani, L., Cescatti, A., Magliulo, V., Law, B.E., Lund, M., Varlagin, A., Raschi, A., Peichl, M., Nilsson, M.B. and L. Merbold (2014) Divergent apparent temperature sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystem respiration, J. Plant Ecology, pp:1–10, doi:10.1093/jpe/rtu014
88. Abdalla, M et al., (2014) Modeling heterotrophic respiration from peatland ecosystems, Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 225:2182, 10.1007/s11270-014-2182-8014-2182-8
87. Yurova, A., Tolstykh, M., Nilsson, M. and A. Sirin (2014) Parameterization of mires in a numerical weather prediction model, Water Resources Research, 50:8982-8996, DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014624
86. Fritsche, J., Osterwalder, S., Nilsson, M.B, Sagerfors, J., Åkerblom, S., Bishop, K. &  C. Alewell (2014) Elemental mercury evasion from a boreal peatland suppressed by long-term sulfate addition Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2014, 1 (10), pp 421– 425 DOI: 10.1021/ez500223a
85. Peichl, M., Sonnentag, O. and M.B. Nilsson (2014) Bringing Color into the Picture Using Digital Repeat Photography to Investigate Phenology Controls of the Carbon Dioxide Exchange in a Boreal Mire, Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9815-z
 

2013
84. Åkerblom, S., Bishop, K., Björn, E., Lambertsson, L., Eriksson, T. and Nilsson, M. (2013) Significant interaction effects from sulfate deposition and climate on sulfur concentrations constitute major controls on methylmercury production in peatlands. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 102, 1-11, DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.025
83. Peichl, M., J. Sagerfors, A. Lindroth, I. Buffam, A. Grelle, L. Klemedtsson, H. Laudon, and M. Nilsson (2013) Energy exchange and water budget partitioning in a boreal minerogenic mire, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1-13, doi:10.1029/2012JG002073
82. Siegenthaler, A., Buttler, A., Grosvernier, P., Gobat, J-M., Nilsson, M.B. and E.A.D. Mitchell 2013 Factors modulating cottongrass seedling growth stimulation to enhanced nitrogen and carbon dioxide: compensatory tradeoffs in leaf dynamics and allocation to meet potassium-limited growth, Oecologia, DOI 10.1007/s00442-012-2415-8
81. Englund, G., Eriksson, H. and M.B. Nilsson (2013) The Birth and Death of Lakes on young Landscapes Geophysical Research Letters, 40, DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.07.016
80. *Erhagen, B., Öquist, M., Sparrman, T., Haei, M., Ihlstedt, U., Hedenström, M., Schleucher, J. and M.B. Nilsson (2013) Temperature response of litter and soil organic matter decomposition is determined by chemical composition of organic material, Global Change Biology, 19:3858–3871, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12342
79. *Whu, Sagerfors, Nilsson & Roulet (2013) Simulation of Six Years of Carbon Fluxes for a sedge-dominated oligotrophic minerogenic peatland in Northern Sweden using the McGill Wetland Model (MWM)". Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere Volume: 118:795-807, DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20045
78. Berg, B., Erhagen, B., Johansson, M-B, Vesterdal, L., Faituri, M., Sanborn, P., Nilsson, M.B. (2013) Manganese dynamics in decomposing needle and leaf litter — a synthesis,  Canadian Journal of Forest Research doi: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0097
 

2012
77. Laine, A.M., Bubier, J., Riutta, T., Nilsson, M.B., Moore, T.R., Vasander, H. and E.S. Tuittila (2012) Abundance and composition of plant biomass as potential controls for mire net ecosytem CO2 exchange. Botany, 90:63-74, doi: 10.1139/b11-068
76. *Åkerblom, S., Nilsson M.B., Yu, J., Ranneby, B. and Johansson, K. (2012) Temporal change estimation of mercury concentrations in northern pike (Esox lucius L.) in Swedish lakes, Chemosphere 86:439-445, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.09.037
75. Ågren, A., 1*, Mahsa Haei1, Peder Blomkvist1, Mats B. Nilsson1, Hjalmar Laudon1 (2012) Colder winters enhance stream DOC concentration from a boreal mire Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02666.x
74. J. Limpens1*, G. Granath2*, R. Aerts3, M. M. P. D. Heijmans1, L. J. Sheppard4, L. Bragazza5,6,7, B. L. Williams8, H. Rydin2, J. Bubier9, T. Moore10, L. Rochefort11, E. A. D. Mitchell12, A. Buttler6,7,13, L. J. L. van den Berg14, U. Gunnarsson2, A. -J. Francez15, R. Gerdol5, M. Thormann16, P. Grosvernier17, M. M. Wiedermann18, M. B. Nilsson18, M. R. Hoosbeek19, S. Bayley20, J. -F. Nordbakken21, M. P. C. P. Paulissen22, S. Hotes23, A. Breeuwer1, M. Ilomets24, H. B. M. Tomassen25, I. Leith4 and B. Xu26 (2012) Glasshouse vs field experiments: do they yield ecologically similar results for assessing N impacts on peat mosses? New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04157.x
73. Whu, J., Roulet, N.T., Nilsson, M.B., Lafleur, P. and Humphreys, E.,  (2012) Simulating the Carbon Cycling of Northern Peatlands Using a Land Surface Scheme Coupled to a Wetland Carbon Model (CLASS3W-MWM) Journal of Geophysical Research Atmosphere-Ocean DOI:10.1080/07055900.2012.730980
72. Bergman I, Bishop K, Tu Q, Frech W, Åkerblom S. & M.B. Nilsson (2012) The Influence of Sulphate Deposition on the Seasonal Variation of Peat Pore Water MethylHg in a Boreal Mire. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45547. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045547
71. Jonsson, S., Ulf Skyllberg, S., Nilsson, M.B., Westlund, P-O, Shchukarev, A, Lundberg, E., and E Björn (2012)  Mercury Methylation Rates for Geochemically Relevant HgII Species in Sediments, Environmental Science & Technology, DOI: 10.1021/es3015327

2011
70. Limpens, J. Granath, G., Gunnarsson, U., Aerts, R., Bayley, S., Bragazza, L., Bubier, J., Buttler, A., van den Berg, L. J. L., Francez, A-J., Gerdol, R., Grosvernier, P., Heijmans, M. M. P. D., Hoosbeek, M. R., Hotes, S., Ilomets, M., Leith, I., Mitchell, E. A. D., Moore, T., Nilsson, M. B., Nordbakken, J-F., Rochefort, L., Rydin, H., Sheppard, L. J., Thormann, M., Wiedermann, M. M., Williams, B. L., Xu, B. (2011) Climatic modifiers of the response to nitrogen deposition in peat-forming Sphagnum mosses: a meta-analysis New Phytologist, 191:496-507, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03680.x
 

2010
69
. *Eriksson, T., M. Öquist and M. B. Nilsson (2010) Production and oxidation of methane in a boreal mire after a decade of increased temperature and nitrogen and sulfur deposition Global Change Biology, 16, 2130–2144, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02097.x

68. Eppinga, M.B., Rietkerk, M., Belyea, L.B., Nilsson, M.B., De Ruiter, P.C. and Martin J. M.J. Wassen (2010) Resource contrast in patterned peatlands increases along a climatic gradient. Ecology, 91, 2344–2355
67. *Åkerblom, S., L. Bringmark, M. B. Nilsson (2010) Organic matter control of mercury and lead toxicity in mor layers, Ecotoxology and Environmnetal Safety, 73: 924-93,DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.12.020
66. Schubert, P., L. Eklundh, M. Lund and M. Nilsson (2010) Estimating northern peatland CO2 exchange from MODIS time series data, Remote Sensing of Environment, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.01.005
65. *Harrysson Drotz, S., Sparrman, T., Schleucher, J., Nilsson, M. and M. G. Öquist (2010) Effects of soil organic matter composition on unfrozen water content and heterotrophic CO2 production of frozen soils. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 2281-2290, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.01.
64. *Lund, M., Roulet, N.T., Lindroth, A., Lafleur, P.M., Christensen, T.R. Aurela, M., Chojnicki, B.H., Flanagan, L.B., Humphreys, E.R., Laurila, T., Oechel, W.C., Olejnik, J., Rinne, J., Schubert, P. and Nilsson, M.B. (2010) Variability in exchange of CO2 across 12 northern peatland and tundra sites Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02104.x 
63. Björk, R.B., Ernfors, M., Sikström, U., Nilsson, M.B., Andersson, M.X., Rütting, T. and L. Klemedtsson (2010) Contrasting effects of wood ash application on microbial community structure, biomass and processes in drained forested peatlands FEMS Microbial Ecology 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00911.x
62. Chuixiang Yi, Daniel Ricciuto, Runze Li, John Wolbeck, Xiyan Xu, Mats Nilsson, et al (2010) Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents. Environmental Research Letters. 5 034007 (10pp) doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034007
61. *Ernfors, M., U. Sikström, M. Nilsson, L. Klemedtsson (2010) Fertilization of nutrient poor drained peatland forests with wood ash did not alter greenhouse gas emissions in the short term. Science of the Total Environment, 408:4580–4590, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.024
60. *Drotz, S.H., Sparrman T., Nilsson, M.B., Schleucher J. and M.G., Oquist, (2010) Both catabolic and anabolic heterotrophic microbial activity in frozen boreal soils Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, PNAS, 107:21046-21051, doi:10.1073/pnas.1008885107 
59. *Eriksson, T., M. G. Öquist, and M. B. Nilsson (2010), Effects of decadal deposition of nitrogen and sulfur, and increased temperature, on methane emissions from a boreal peatland, J. Geophys. Res., 115, G04036, doi:10.1029/2010JG001285.
 

2009
58. *Harrysson Drotz, S., Tillston, E., Sparrman, T., Schleucher, J., Nilsson, M. & M. Öquist (2009) Contributions of matric and osmotic potentials to the unfrozen water content of frozen soils. Geoderma 148, 392-398, doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.11.007
57. Wiedermann, M.M., Gunnarsson, U., Nilsson, M.B., Nordin, A. and L. Ericsson (2009) Can small-scale experiments predict ecosystem responses? An example from peatlands Oikos, 118, 449-456   
56. Persson, I.L., Nilsson, M.B., Pastor, J., Eriksson, T., Bergström, R. and K. Danell (2009) Depression of belowground respiration rates at simulated high moose population densities in boreal forests, Ecology, 90, 2724-2733,
55. Öquist, M.G., Sparrman, T., Klemedtsson, L., Grip, H., Schleucher, J. & M. Nilsson (2009) Water availability controls microbial temperature response in frozen soil CO2 production Global Change Biology, 15, 2715-2722; doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01898.x http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1354-1013
54. Nilsson, M. and Öquist, M (2009) Partitioning litter mass loss into carbon dioxide and methane in peatland ecosystems AGU monograph - Northern Peatlands and Carbon Cycling
53. Kevin Bishop, Craig Allan, Lage Bringmark, Edenise Garcia, Sofie Hellsten, Lars Högbom, Kjell Johansson, Anja Lomander, Markus Meili, John Munthe, Mats Nilsson, Petri Porvari, Ulf Skyllberg, Rasmus Sørensen, Therese Zetterberg, and Staffan Åkerblom (2009) The Effects of Forestry on Hg Bioaccumulation in Nemoral/Boreal Waters and Recommendations for Good Silvicultural Practice AMBIO, 38, 373-380.

2008
52. *Sagerfors, J., A. Lindroth, A. Grelle, L. Klemedtsson, P. Weslien, and M. Nilsson (2008), Annual CO2 exchange between a nutrient-poor, minerotrophic, boreal mire and the atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 113, G01001, doi:10.1029/2006JG000306.
51. Nilsson, M., Sagerfors, J., Buffam, I., Laudon, H., Eriksson, T., Grelle, A., Klemedtsson, L., Weslien, P. and A. Lindroth (2008) Contemporary carbon accumulation in a boreal oligotrophic minerogenic mire – a significant sink after accounting for all C-fluxes Global Change Biology 14, 1–16, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01654.x 
 

2007
50.   Wiederman, M., A. Nordin, U. Gunnarsson, MB Nilsson, L. Ericsson (2007) Global change shifts vegetation and plant–parasite interactions in a boreal mire. Ecology 88:454–464.
49.   Öquist, M.G., Petrone, K., Nilsson, M. & L. Klemedtsson (2007) Nitrification controls N2O production rates in a frozen boreal forest soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39 (7): 1809-1811
48. *Persson J., Nilsson, M., Bigler, C., Brooks, S. and I. Renberg (2007) Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) of epilithic material in streams has a potential for monitoring impact from mining.  Environmental Science & Technology 41: 2874-2880.
47. *Yurova, A.Y. Wolf, A., Sagerfors, J. and M. Nilsson (2007) Variations in net ecosystem exchange of carbon doioxide in a boreal mire: Modelling mechanisms linked to water table position. Journal of Geophysical Research –Biogeosciences 112, Art. no. G02025, doi:10.1029/2006JG000342.
46. Lindroth, A., Lund, M., Nilsson, M., Aurela, M., Christensen, T.R., Laurila, T., Rinne, J., Sagerfors, J., Ström, L., Tuovinen, J-H and T. Vesala (2007) Environmental controls on the CO2 exchange in north European mires. Tellus DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2007.00310.

2006
45. *Lambertsson, L and M Nilsson (2006) Organic Material: the Primary Control on Mercury Methylation and Ambient Methyl Mercury Concentrations in Estuarine Sediments Environmental Science and Technology 40:1822-1829
44. *Schnürer, Y., Persson., Nilsson, M., Nordgren, A. and R. Giesler (2006) Effects of surface sorption on microbial degradation of glyphosate. Environmental Science and Technology 40:4145-4150.

2005
43. *von Arnold, K., Nilsson, M., Weslien, P., Hånell, B., and L. Klemedtsson (2005) Fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O from drained organic soils in deciduous forests. Soil Biology and Biochemsitry 37:1059-1071.
42. *von Arnold, K., Weslien, P., Nilsson, M., Svensson, B. H. and L. Klemedtsson (2005) Fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O from drained coniferous forests on organic soils. Forest Ecology and Management, 210:239-254.
 

2004
41. Öquist. M.G., Nilsson, M., Sörensson, F., Kasimir-Klemedtsson, Å., Persson, T., Weslien, P. and L. Klemedtsson (2004) Nitrous oxide production in a forest soil at low temperatures – processes and environmental controls.  FEMS Microbial Ecology, 371-378.

40. Gunnarsson, U., G. Granberg and M. Nilsson (2004) Growth and interspecies specific competition in Sphagnum after temperature, nitrogen and sulphur treatments on a boreal mire. New Phytologist, 163:349-359
39. Sparrman, T., Öquist, M., Schleucher, J., Klemedtsson, L. and M. Nilsson (2004) Quantifying unfrozen water in frozen soil by high-field NMR. Environmental Science and Technology, 38:5420-5425.
 

2001
38. Lundberg P, Ekblad A, Nilsson M (2001) C-13 NMR spectroscopy studies of forest soil microbial activity: glucose uptake and fatty acid biosynthesis. Soil Biology Biochemistry.  33: 621-632

37. Branfireun, B.A., Bishop, K., Roulet, N.T., Granberg, G., and M. Nilsson (2001) Mercury cycling in boreal ecosystems: The long-term effect of acid rain constituents on peatland pore water methylmercury concentrations. Geophysical Research Letters. 28:1227-1230.
36. * Granberg, G., Sundh, I., Svensson, B.H. and M. Nilsson (2001) Methane emission from a boreal mire: temperature, nitrogen and sulfur deposition effects. Ecology, 82:1982-1998.
35. Nilsson, M. Klarqvist, M., Possnert, G and E. Bohlin. (2001) Importance of peat fraction used for accurate dating of Holocene peat samples. Holocene, 11:579-586.
34. Nilsson, M., Mikkelä, C., Granberg, G., Sundh, I., Svensson B. and B. Ranneby (2001) Methane emission from Swedish mires: National and regional budgets and dependence on mire vegetation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106 (D18):20847-20860.
33. * Granberg G., Grip H., Ottosson Löfvenius M., Sundh I., and Nilsson M. (2001) Effect of climatic variability from 1980 to 1997 on simulated methane emission from a boreal mixed mire in northern Sweden, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 15:977-991.
32, *Lambertsson, L., Lundgren, E., Nilsson, M. and W. Fresh (2001) Applications of enriched stable isotope tracers in combination with isotope dilution GC-ICP-MS to study mercury species transformation in sea sediments during in situ ethylation and determination. Journal of Analytical Atomic Mass Spectrometry 16:1-7.
 

2000
31. * Dåbakk, E., Nilsson, M., Geladi, P.,  Wold, S. and I. Renberg  (2000) Inferring lake water chemistry from filtered seston using NIR spectrometry. Water Research 34:1666-1672

30. Rosen P, Dabakk E, Renberg I, Nilsson M, Hall R (2000) Near-infrared spectrometry (NIRS): a new tool for inferring past climatic changes from lake sediments. Holocene, 10: (2) 161-166.
29. * Bergman, I., Lundberg, P., Preston, C.M. and Nilsson, M.  (2000) Degradation of C-13-U-glucose in Sphagnum majus litter: Responses to redox, pH, and temperature, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 64: (4) 1368-1381.
28. * Bergman, I., Klarqvist, M. and M. Nilsson (2000) Seasonal variation in rates of methane production from peat of various botanical origins: effects of temperature and substrate quality FEMS Microbial Ecology, 33:181-189.
27. Sundh, I., Nilsson, M., Mikkelä, C., Granberg, G. & B. Svensson (2000) Fluxes of methane and carbon dioxide on mined peatlands in Sweden. AMBIO, 29:499-503.
 

1999
26. Korsman, T., Nilsson, M.B., Landgren, K. and I. Renberg (1999) Spatial variability in surface sediment composition characterised by near-infrared (NIR) reflectance spectroscopy. J. Paleolimnology. 21:61-71

25. * Bergman, I., Lundberg, P. and Nilsson, M (1999) Microbial carbon mineralisation in an acid surface peat; effects of changing environmental conditions for laboratory incubations. Soil Biology Biochemistry 31:1867-1877.
24. * Dåbakk, E., Nilsson, M., Geladi, P., Wold, S. and I. Renberg (1999) Sampling reproducibility and error estimation in near infrared calibration of lake sediments for water quality monitoring, Journal of NIR spectroscopy 7:241-250.
23. Hannu Fritze1, Päivi Tikka1, Taina Pennanen1, Aimo Saano2, German Jurgens2, Mats Nilsson3, Inger Bergman3 and Veikko Kitunen1 (1999) Detection of  archaeal diether lipid by gas chromatography from humus and peat. Scandinavian Journal Forestry Research 14: (6) 545-551
22, * Granberg G., Grip H.1, Ottosson Löfvenius M., Sundh I., Svensson B. H., and Nilsson M., (1999) A simple model for simulation of water content, soil frost and soil temperatures in boreal mixed mires. Water Resources and Research, 35:3771-3782.
 

1998
21. * Bergman I., B., Svensson and Nilsson, M. (1998) Regulation of methane production by substrate availability, pH and temperature in peat forming plant communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30:729-741.

20. Sirin, A. A., Nilsson, M., Shumov, D. B, Granberg, G.  and A. Kovalev (1998) Seasonal changes in the distribution of dissolved methane in the vertical profile of the mires of the Zapadnaya Dvina Lowland Doklady Biological Sciences, 361: 348-351.
 

1997
19. Sundh. I, Nilsson M., and P. Borgå. (1997) Variation in microbial community structure of two boreal peatlands as determined by analysis of fatty acid profiles. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 63:1476-1482.
18. * Granberg G., Mikkelä C., Sundh I., Svensson B. & M. Nilsson  (1997) Sources of spatial variation in methane emission from mires in northern Sweden. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 11:135-150.
17. Brännvall, M.-L., Bindler, R., Emteryd, O., Nilsson, M. and I. Renberg. (1997) Stable isotope and concentration records of atmospheric Pb pollution in peat and lake sediments in Sweden. Water, Air and Soil Pollution
 

1996
16. Nilsson M., Dåbakk E., Korsman T. and I. Renberg (1996) Ouantifying Relationships between Near Infrared Reflectance (NIR) Spectra of Lake Sediment and Water Chemistry Environmental Science and Technology, 30:2586-2590)
 

1995
15. Sundh I., Mikkelä C., Nilsson M. and Svensson B. (1995) Potential aerobic methane oxidation in a Sphagnum -dominated peatland - controlling factors and relation to methane emission. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 27: 829-837.
14. * Mikkelä, C., I. Sundh, B. Svensson & M. Nilsson. (1995) Diurnal variation in methane emission in realtion to the water table, soil temperature, climate and vegetation cover in a Swedish acid mire. Biogeochemistry, 28: 93 -114.
13. Karlström H., Nilsson M. and Nordén B. (1995) Some aspects of using multivariate methods on solid-state 13C NMR data of complex materials. Analytica Chemica Acta, 315: 1-14.
12. Sundh I., P. Borgå, M. Nilsson, and B. H. Svensson. (1995) Cell numbers of methanotrophic bacteria in boreal Sphagnum-dominated peatlands as estimated by analysis of specific phospholipid fatty acids. FEMS Microbial Ecology, 18: 103-112.
 

1994
11. Nilsson, M., Elmqvist, T. and U. Carlsson. (1994) Use of infra-red reflectance spectrometry and multivariate data analysis to detect anther smut disease (Microbotryum violaceum) in Silene dioica. Phytopathology, 84:764-770.
10, Borgå P., Nilsson  M. and Tunlid A. (1994) Bacterial communities in peat in relation to botanical composition. A multivariate study using phospholipid fatty acids as bacterial biomarkers. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 26:841-848.
9. Sundh I., Nilsson M., Granberg G. and Svensson B. H. (1994) Depth distribution of microbial production and oxidation of methane in Sphagnum dominated peatlands. Microbial Ecology, 27:253-265.
 

1993
8. Nilsson, M. and Bohlin E. (1993) Methane and carbon dioxid concentrations in bogs and fens. - with special reference to the peat substrate. J. Ecology, 81, 615-626.
7. Sundh, I.,  Nilsson M. and Svensson B. (1993) Depth  distribution of methane production and oxidation in a Sphagnum peat bog. Suo 43:267-269
 

1992
6. Norde'n B., Bohlin E., Nilsson M., Albano Å and C. Röckner (1992) Characterization of particle size fractions of peat. An integrated biologicaal, chemical, and spectroscopical approach. Soil Sci., 153, 382-395.
5. Nilsson M., and Rülcker C. (1992) Seasonal variation in FDA active fungal mycelium in a Swedish mire. Soil Biol. Biochem., 24, 795-804.
4. Nilsson M., Bååth E., and Söderström B. (1992) The microfungal communities of a north-swedish mixed mire. Can. J Bot., 70, 271-276.
3. Renberg I. and Nilsson M. (1992) Dormant bacteria in lake sediments as paleoecological indicators. J. Paleolimn. 7:127-135.
2. Korsman, T., Nilsson M., Öhman J. and Renberg I. (1992) Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy of sediments: a potential method to infer the past pH of lakes. Environ. Sci. Technol., 26:2112- 2126.
 

1991
1. Nilsson M. and Renberg I.(1990)  Viable endospores of  Thermoactinomyces vulgaris in lake sediments as indicators of agricultural history. J. Appl. Env. Microbiol., 56, 2025-2028.

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Telephone: +46761005294
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901 83 Umeå
Visiting address: Skogsmarksgränd 17, Umeå