Seasonal hydrology and permafrost disturbance impacts on dissolved organic matter composition in High Arctic headwater catchments

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: J. Fouché, M. J. Lafrenière, K. Rutherford, S. Lamoureux
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2017
• Subjects: active layer detachments; dissolved organic matter; fluorescence; high arctic; parallel factor analysis; parafac; envir; geo; Arctic; Canada; Cape Bounty; Climate change; permafrost; Melville Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0031; https://doaj.org/article/c0025734491e40c68dcc7efb9c57d310

Arctic landscapes are experiencing intense warming and modification of precipitation regimes with climate change. Permafrost disturbances and climate change impacts on hydrology of Arctic watersheds are likely to modify the quantity and composition of exported dissolved organic matter (DOM). In July...