Dissolved organic carbon loss from Yedoma permafrost amplified by ice wedge thaw

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Vonk, J E ^a,b,c   Mann, P J ^d,e   Dowdy, K L ^f   Davydova, A ^g   Davydov, S P ^g   Zimov, N ^g   Spencer, R G M ^d   Bulygina, E B ^d   Eglinton, T I ^c   Holmes, R M ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

biodegradable dissolved organic matter; enzymes; fluorescence; ice wedges; permafrost; Yedoma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ENZYMES; FEEDBACK; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERMAFROST; THAWING;

CLIMATE WARMING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ICE WEDGES; LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENOLIC CONTENT; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; YEDOMA;

ICE;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON BUDGET; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; FROZEN GROUND; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; THAWING;

SIBERIA;

EID: 84885447687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035023     Document Type: Article

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