Dissolved organic matter discharge in the six largest arctic rivers-chemical composition and seasonal variability

• Other Authors: Amon, Rainer M.W., Herbert, Bruce, Thornton, Dan C.O.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: lignin; fluorescence; absorbance; DOM; Arctic Rivers; Arctic; Yukon; Kolyma; Climate change; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1589

The vulnerability of the Arctic to climate change has been realized due to disproportionately large increases in surface air temperatures which are not uniformly distributed over the seasonal cycle. Effects of this temperature shift are widespread in the Arctic but likely include changes to the hydr...