Characterizing organic matter composition in small Low and High Arctic catchments using terrestrial colored dissolved organic matter (cDOM)

• Main Authors: Coch, Caroline, Juhls, Bennet, Lamoureux, Scott F., Lafrenière, Melissa, Fritz, Michael, Heim, Birgit, Lantuit, Hugues
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Arctic Cape; Climate change; Herschel; Herschel Island; Nunavut; permafrost; Melville Island; Yukon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2019-9

Climate change is an important control of carbon cycling, particularly in the Arctic. Permafrost degradation through deeper thaw and physical disturbances result in the release of carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere and to an increase in riverine dissolved organic matter (DOM) fluxes. Where...