Detecting the signature of permafrost thaw in Arctic rivers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2830-2835

  Spencer, Robert G M ^a   Mann, Paul J ^b   Dittmar, Thorsten ^c   Eglinton, Timothy I ^d   McIntyre, Cameron ^d,e   Holmes, R Max ^f   Zimov, Nikita ^g   Stubbins, Aron ^h  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^h SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; organic carbon; organic matter; permafrost; river

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECAY (ORGANIC); ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; THAWING;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC RIVERS; CHEMICAL SIGNATURES; DECAY RATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HEADWATER STREAM; MOLECULAR SIGNATURES; PERMAFROST THAWS;

PERMAFROST;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HEADWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERMAFROST; RIVER SYSTEM; THAWING;

KOLYMA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84929340415     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063498     Document Type: Article

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