Organic carbon flux and particulate organic matter composition in Arctic valley glaciers: examples from the Bayelva River and adjacent Kongsfjorden

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Z.-Y. Zhu, Y. Wu, S.-M. Liu, F. Wenger, J. Hu, J. Zhang, R.-F. Zhang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Life; QH501-531; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Bayelva; Greenland; Svalbard; glacier; Global warming; Ice Sheet; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-975-2016; https://doaj.org/article/ba139bb499394e769d5cac9e44836a31

In the face of ongoing global warming and glacier retreat, the composition and flux of organic matter in glacier–fjord systems are key variables for updating the carbon cycle and budget, whereas the role of Arctic valley glaciers seems unimportant when compared with the huge Greenland Ice Sheet. Our...