Comparisons of dissolved organic matter and its optical characteristics in small low and high Arctic catchments

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Coch, Caroline, Juhls, Bennet, Lamoureux, Scott F., Lafrenière, Melissa J., Fritz, Michael, Heim, Birgit, Lantuit, Hugues
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Nunavut; Yukon; Canada; Herschel Island; Cape Bounty; Arctic Cape; Climate change; Herschel; permafrost; Melville Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4535-2019; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00049630; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00049249/bg-16-4535-2019.pdf; https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/16/4535/2019/bg-16-4535-2019.pdf

Climate change is affecting the rate of carbon cycling, particularly in the Arctic. Permafrost degradation through deeper thaw and physical disturbances results in the release of carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere and to an increase in lateral dissolved organic matter (DOM) fluxes. Whereas...