Transformation of terrestrial organic matter along thermokarst-affected permafrost coasts in the Arctic

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Tanski, George (Dr.), Lantuit, Hugues (Prof. Dr.), Ruttor, Saskia, Knoblauch, Christian (Dr. rer. nat.), Radosavljevic, Boris, Strauß, Jens (Dr.), Wolter, Juliane (Dr.), Irrgang, Anna Maria, Ramage, Justine Lucille (Dr.), Fritz, Michael (Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: ddc:550; Institut für Umweltwissenschaften und Geographie; Arctic; Canada; Herschel Island; Yukon; Herschel; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/55276; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.152

The changing climate in the Arctic has a profound impact on permafrost coasts, which are subject to intensified thermokarst formation and erosion. Consequently, terrestrial organic matter (OM) is mobilized and transported into the nearshore zone. Yet, little is known about the fate of mobilized OM b...