Links Between Carbon and Water Cycles in Northern Ecosystems: Constraints from Stable Isotopes

• Main Author: Welp, Lisa Renee
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: California Institute of Technology 2006
• Subjects: stable isotopes; oxygen-18; Eddy covariance; Kolyma River; Environmental Science and Engineering; Arctic; Kolyma; Climate change; kolyma river; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7907/ky54-dc47; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06022006-105702

High-latitude climate change will have an impact on the carbon and water cycles in northern ecosystems. Stable isotopes in these systems can serve as indicators of changes and feedbacks. Monitoring the stable isotopic composition of Arctic river discharge provides a means to investigate integrated b...