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

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Coch, Caroline (Dr.), Juhls, Bennet, Lamoureux, Scott F., Lafreniere, Melissa J., Fritz, Michael, Heim, Birgit, Lantuit, Hugues (Prof. Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: ddc:550; Institut für Geowissenschaften; Arctic; Nunavut; Yukon; Canada; Herschel Island; Cape Bounty; Arctic Cape; Climate change; Herschel; permafrost; Melville Island
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/47789; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4535-2019

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...