Treeline displacement may affect lake dissolved organic matter processing at high latitudes and altitudes

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Catalán, Núria, Rofner, Carina, Verpoorter, Charles, Ruiz, M., Dittmar, Thorsten, Tranvik, Lars, Sommaruga, Ruben, Peter, Hannes
• Other Authors: European Commission, orcid:
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2024
• Subjects: Dissolved organic matter (DOM); Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all; Responsible Consumption and Production; Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts; Alpine Lake; Hakala; Kalttopää; Kilpisjärvi; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/352583; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46789-5; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780; https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85188617774

Climate change induced shifts in treeline position, both towards higher altitudes and latitudes induce changes in soil organic matter. Eventually, soil organic matter is transported to alpine and subarctic lakes with yet unknown consequences for dissolved organic matter (DOM) diversity and processin...