Utilizing colored dissolved organic matter to derive dissolved black carbon export by Arctic Rivers

• Main Authors: Stubbins, A., Spencer, R., Mann, P., Holmes, R., McClelland, J., Niggemann, J., Dittmar, T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Kolyma; Yenisey; Yukon; black carbon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-C3BC-F; http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0006-880B-5

Wildfires have produced black carbon (BC) since land plants emerged. Condensed aromatic compounds, a form of BC, have accumulated to become a major component of the soil carbon pool. Condensed aromatics leach from soils into rivers, where they are termed dissolved black carbon (DBC). The transport o...