The effect of the Siberian tundra on the environment of the shelf seas and the Arctic Ocean

• Main Authors: Anderson, Leif G., Carlsson, Kjell Åke, Hall, Per O.J., Holm, Elis, Josefsson, Dan, Olsson, Kristina, Persson, Bertil R.R., Persson, Tomas, Roos, Per, Tengberg, Anders, Wedborg, Margareta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 1999
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Kara Sea; Laptev Sea; Yenisey; laptev; Tundra
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/8a84c8c9-c95a-429d-97c3-1be1656cb3d4

The Tundra Ecology -94 expedition investigated inflow of inorganic and organic carbon to the shelf seas by river runoff, and its transformation by biochemical processes in seawater and sediment. In addition, anthropogenic radionuclides, 137Cs, 90Sr, and 239,240Pu, were studied in water and sediments...