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21 Apr 2015
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Glacial meltwater and primary production are drivers of strong CO2 uptake in fjord and coastal waters adjacent to the Greenland Ice Sheet
L. Meire
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Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Climate Research Centre, P. O. Box 570, Kivioq 5, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Ecosystem Studies, Korringaweg 7, 4401 Yerseke, the Netherlands
University of Ghent (UGent), Marine Biology Laboratory, Krijgslaan 281 (S8), 9000 Ghent, Belgium
D. H. Søgaard
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Climate Research Centre, P. O. Box 570, Kivioq 5, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
J. Mortensen
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Climate Research Centre, P. O. Box 570, Kivioq 5, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
F. J. R. Meysman
Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Ecosystem Studies, Korringaweg 7, 4401 Yerseke, the Netherlands
Department of Analytical, Environmental and Geochemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
K. Soetaert
Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Ecosystem Studies, Korringaweg 7, 4401 Yerseke, the Netherlands
K. E. Arendt
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Climate Research Centre, P. O. Box 570, Kivioq 5, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
T. Juul-Pedersen
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Climate Research Centre, P. O. Box 570, Kivioq 5, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
M. E. Blicher
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Climate Research Centre, P. O. Box 570, Kivioq 5, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
S. Rysgaard
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Climate Research Centre, P. O. Box 570, Kivioq 5, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
Centre for Earth Observation Science, Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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The Greenland Ice Sheet releases large amounts of freshwater, which strongly influences the biogeochemistry of the adjacent fjord systems and continental shelves. Here we present seasonal observations of the carbonate system in the surface waters of a west Greenland tidewater outlet glacier fjord. Our data reveal a permanent undersaturation of CO2 in the surface layer of the entire fjord and adjacent shelf, creating a high annual uptake of 65gCm-2yr-1.
The Greenland Ice Sheet releases large amounts of freshwater, which strongly influences the...
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