Variations in high-latitude riverine fluorescent dissolved organic matter: A comparison of large Arctic rivers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1689-1702

  Walker, Sally A ^a   Amon, Rainer M W ^a   Stedmon, Colin A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic rivers; climate change; PARAFAC; permafrost carbon

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMARKER; BOG; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; LATITUDE; LIGNIN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERMAFROST; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; LENA RIVER; MACKENZIE RIVER [NORTHWEST TERRITORIES]; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; OB RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; YENISEI RIVER;

EID: 84892939191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002320     Document Type: Article

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