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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6637-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6637-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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08 Nov 2018
Research article |
| 08 Nov 2018
| 08 Nov 2018
Spatiotemporal transformation of dissolved organic matter along an alpine stream flow path on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: importance of source and permafrost degradation
Yinghui Wang
Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Robert G. M. Spencer
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Geochemistry Group and Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
David C. Podgorski
Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA
Anne M. Kellerman
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Geochemistry Group and Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Harunur Rashid
Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
Phoebe Zito
Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA
Wenjie Xiao
Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Dandan Wei
Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
Yuanhe Yang
State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hadal Science and Technology, College of Marine Sciences, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- Chemodiversity of soil dissolved organic matter affected by contrasting microplastics from different types of polymers H. Yu et al. 10.1007/s11783-023-1753-6
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- Riverine CO2 variations in permafrost catchments of the Yangtze River source region: Hot spots and hot moments C. Song et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160948
- Spatial–temporal variations in riverine carbon strongly influenced by local hydrological events in an alpine catchment X. Wang et al. 10.5194/bg-18-3015-2021
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- Tidal Effects on Dissolved Organic Matter Dynamics in a Brackish Water Front Adjacent to Yangtze River Estuary Y. Wang et al. 10.3390/w17020226
- Production of tyrosine-like fluorescence and labile chromophoric dissolved organic matter (DOM) and low surface accumulation of low molecular weight-dominated DOM in a productive Antarctic sea M. Chen et al. 10.1016/j.marchem.2019.04.009
- Concentration and compositional controls on degradation of permafrost‐derived dissolved organic matter on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau Y. Wang et al. 10.1002/lol2.10388
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- Groundwater Plays an Important Role in Controlling Riverine Dissolved Organic Matter in a Cold Alpine Catchment, the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Y. Hu et al. 10.1029/2022WR032426
- Comparisons of dissolved organic matter and its optical characteristics in small low and high Arctic catchments C. Coch et al. 10.5194/bg-16-4535-2019
- Hillslopes in Headwaters of Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau as Hotspots for Subsurface Dissolved Organic Carbon Processing During Permafrost Thaw Y. Sun et al. 10.1029/2020JG006222
- Effect of DOM transformation on As enrichment from an Alpine river basin in the Western Tibetan Plateau Y. Jiang et al. 10.1016/j.jes.2024.10.018
- Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in Ground Ice on Northeastern Tibetan Plateau Y. Yang et al. 10.3389/feart.2022.782013
- Differences in Reference Evapotranspiration Variation and Climate-Driven Patterns in Different Altitudes of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (1961–2017) Y. Liu et al. 10.3390/w13131749
- Permafrost rivers emit mostly pre-aged carbon on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau under climate warming S. Sun et al. 10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100368
- Significant methane ebullition from alpine permafrost rivers on the East Qinghai–Tibet Plateau L. Zhang et al. 10.1038/s41561-020-0571-8
- Warming and monsoonal climate lead to large export of millennial-aged carbon from permafrost catchments of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau C. Song et al. 10.1088/1748-9326/ab83ac
- Decreasing diversity of rare bacterial subcommunities relates to dissolved organic matter along permafrost thawing gradients L. Zhou et al. 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105330
- Recent advances in hydrology studies under changing permafrost on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau L. Zhou et al. 10.1016/j.rcar.2024.07.004
- Immobilization of relic anthropogenic dissolved organic matter from alpine rivers in the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau in winter M. Chen et al. 10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.052
- Simulation of the Present and Future Projection of Permafrost on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau with Statistical and Machine Learning Models J. Ni et al. 10.1029/2020JD033402
- Deterioration of low-temperature property of modified asphalt under ultraviolet ageing considering physical hardening L. Zhang et al. 10.1080/14680629.2025.2482847
- Disentangling the Effects of Climate, Vegetation, Soil and Related Substrate Properties on the Biodegradability of Permafrost‐Derived Dissolved Organic Carbon F. Liu et al. 10.1029/2018JG004944
- Climatic, land cover, and anthropogenic controls on dissolved organic matter quantity and quality from major alpine rivers across the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau M. Chen et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142411
- Molecular signatures of soil-derived dissolved organic matter constrained by mineral weathering Y. Wang et al. 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.01.032
- Chemodiversity of soil dissolved organic matter affected by contrasting microplastics from different types of polymers H. Yu et al. 10.1007/s11783-023-1753-6
- Methods for molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter in the alpine water environment: an overview Y. Zhang et al. 10.3389/fenvc.2024.1339628
- Characterisation of shallow groundwater dissolved organic matter in aeolian, alluvial and fractured rock aquifers L. McDonough et al. 10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.022
- Riverine CO2 variations in permafrost catchments of the Yangtze River source region: Hot spots and hot moments C. Song et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160948
- Spatial–temporal variations in riverine carbon strongly influenced by local hydrological events in an alpine catchment X. Wang et al. 10.5194/bg-18-3015-2021
- 青藏高原湖泊碳氮循环微生物作用 H. Jiang & B. Wang 10.3799/dqkx.2024.138
- Tidal Effects on Dissolved Organic Matter Dynamics in a Brackish Water Front Adjacent to Yangtze River Estuary Y. Wang et al. 10.3390/w17020226
- Production of tyrosine-like fluorescence and labile chromophoric dissolved organic matter (DOM) and low surface accumulation of low molecular weight-dominated DOM in a productive Antarctic sea M. Chen et al. 10.1016/j.marchem.2019.04.009
- Concentration and compositional controls on degradation of permafrost‐derived dissolved organic matter on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau Y. Wang et al. 10.1002/lol2.10388
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Short summary
With global warming, thawing of permafrost releases dissolved organic matter (DOM) into streams. By analyzing DOM along an alpine stream on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, we found DOM was mainly from the active layer, but with deepening of the active layer, the contribution of the deep permafrost layer increased, causing a change in the chemical composition of DOM. From the head- to downstream, DOM is undergoing rapid degradation, but some components are persistent and can be transported downstream.
With global warming, thawing of permafrost releases dissolved organic matter (DOM) into streams....
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