Nunataryuk field campaigns: Understanding the origin and fate of terrestrial organic matter in the coastal waters of the Mackenzie Delta region ...

• Main Authors: Lizotte, Martine, Juhls, Bennet, Matsuoka, Atsushi, Massicotte, Philippe, Mével, Gaëlle, Anikina, David Obie James, Antonova, Sofia, Bécu, Guislain, Béguin, Marine, Bélanger, Simon, Bossé-Demers, Thomas, Bröder, Lisa, Bruyant, Flavienne, Chaillou, Gwénaëlle, Comte, Jérôme, Couture, Raoul-Marie, Devred, Emmanuel, Deslongchamps, Gabrièle, Dezutter, Thibaud, Dillon, Miles, Doxaran, David, et al.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: ETH Zurich 2023
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie river; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000592764; http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/592764

Climate warming and related drivers of soil thermal change in the Arctic are expected to modify the distribution and dynamics of carbon contained in perennially frozen grounds. Thawing of permafrost in the Mackenzie River watershed of northwestern Canada, coupled with increases in river discharge and coastal erosion, triggers the release of terrestrial organic matter (OMt) from the largest Arctic drainage basin in North America into the Arctic Ocean. While this process is ongoing and its rate is accelerating, the fate of the newly mobilized organic matter as it transits from the watershed through the delta and into the marine system remains poorly understood. In the framework of the European Horizon 2020 Nunataryuk programme, and as part of the Work Package 4 (WP4) Coastal Waters theme, four field expeditions were conducted in the Mackenzie Delta region and southern Beaufort Sea from April to September 2019. The temporal sampling design allowed the survey of ambient conditions in the coastal waters under ... : Earth System Science Data, 15 (4) ...