Insights and issues with simulating terrestrial DOC loading of Arctic river networks

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1817-1836

  Kicklighter, David W ^a   Hayes, Daniel J ^b,d   Mcclelland, James W ^c   Peterson, Bruce J ^a   Mcguire, A David ^b   Melillo, Jerry M ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Permafrost degradation; River discharge; Riverine DOC export; Terrestrial DOC loading; Trajectory of the Arctic; Water yield; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON FLUX; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER; RIVER DISCHARGE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WETLAND; WILDFIRE;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885736766     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1050.1     Document Type: Article

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