Biogeochemistry of “pristine” freshwater stream and lake systems in the western Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Biogeochemistry
• Main Authors: Dean, Joshua F., Billett, Michael F., Baxter, Robert, Dinsmore, Kerry J., Lessels, Jason S., Street, Lorna E., Subke, Jens Arne, Tetzlaff, Doerthe, Washbourne, Ian, Wookey, Philip A.
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Northern Rivers Institute (NRI), University of Aberdeen.University of Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen.Geography & Environment, University of Aberdeen.Energy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: SDG 13 - Climate Action; Arctic catchments; Baseline study; Climate change; Freshwater biogeochemistry; Inland waters; Permafrost thaw; Pristine environment; GE Environmental Sciences; Environmental Chemistry; Water Science and Technology; Earth-Surface Processes; Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); NE/K000217/1; NE/K000225/1; NE/K000268/1; NE/K000284/1; GE; Arctic; Aurora Research Institute; Inuvik; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/8180; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-016-0252-2; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84991109088&partnerID=8YFLogxK

This work was supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (grant numbers NE/K000217/1, NE/K000225/1, NE/K000268/1 and NE/K000284/1). We would like to thank the Aurora Research Institute in Inuvik, Prof Philip Marsh of Wilfrid Laurier University, Dr Oliver Sonnentag of Universite´ de Montre´al and Dr Mark Cooper of the University of Exeter for their support during the field campaigns, and Dr James Weedon of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for support with the statistical analyses. We would also like to thank the associate editor for this manuscript—Dr Breck Bowden—and three anonymous reviewers whose comments have substantially improved this paper. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. Peer reviewed