Assessing the Mechanisms and Implications of Altered Carbon Cycling in Arctic and Boreal Lakes

• Main Author: Fowler, Rachel
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2019
• Subjects: Dissolved organic carbon; lakes; diatoms; climate change; Arctic; boreal; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Clear Lake; Greenland; Climate change
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2971; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/etd/article/4048/viewcontent/Fowler_Final_Dissertation_5.3.2019.pdf

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is an important component of lake ecology, as it contributes to light attenuation and carbon cycling. In recent years, DOC declined in a suite of lakes in Greenland. I performed experiments to test potential mechanisms of DOC loss. The tested mechanisms did not reduce...