High biolability of ancient permafrost carbon upon thaw

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2689-2693

  Vonk, Jorien E ^a,b,c   Mann, Paul J ^d   Davydov, Sergey ^e   Davydova, Anna ^e   Spencer, Robert G M ^d   Schade, John ^f   Sobczak, William V ^g   Zimov, Nikita ^e   Zimov, Sergei ^e   Bulygina, Ekaterina ^d   Eglinton, Timothy I ^c   Holmes, Robert M ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^f ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^g Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

dissolved organic carbon; Kolyma River; permafrost; Yedoma

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE WARMING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MIXING PROCESS; OCEAN WATER; RIVER TEMPERATURE; STREAM WATER; YEDOMA;

CARBON; RIVERS; THAWING;

PERMAFROST;

COASTAL ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MIXING; PERMAFROST; STREAMWATER; THAWING;

ARCTIC; KOLYMA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 84879969370     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50348     Document Type: Article

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