Summer rainfall dissolved organic carbon, solute, and sediment fluxes in a small Arctic coastal catchment on Herschel Island (Yukon Territory, Canada)

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Coch, Caroline, Lamoureux, Scott F., Knoblauch, Christian, Eischeid, Isabell, Fritz, Michael, Obu, Jaroslav, Lantuit, Hugues (Prof. Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: ddc:550; Institut für Geowissenschaften; Arctic; Yukon; Canada; Herschel Island; Climate change; Herschel
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/51134; https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2018-0010

Coastal ecosystems in the Arctic are affected by climate change. As summer rainfall frequency and intensity are projected to increase in the future, more organic matter, nutrients and sediment could bemobilized and transported into the coastal nearshore zones. However, knowledge of current processes...