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Anthropocene climate warming enhances autochthonous carbon cycling in an upland Arctic lake, Disko Island, West Greenland
Mark A. Stevenson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, School of Geography, University
of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
Present address: School of Natural and Environmental Sciences,
Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
Suzanne McGowan
Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, School of Geography, University
of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Emma J. Pearson
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
George E. A. Swann
Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, School of Geography, University
of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Melanie J. Leng
National Environmental Isotope Facility, British Geological Survey,
Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, School of Biosciences,
University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD,
UK
Vivienne J. Jones
Environmental Change Research Centre, Department of Geography,
University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Joseph J. Bailey
Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, School of Geography, University
of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Geography Department, York St John University, YO31 7EX, York, UK
Present address: Geography Department, York St John University, YO31
7EX, York, UK
Xianyu Huang
State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology and
School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of
Geosciences, Wuhan 430078, China
Erika Whiteford
Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11
3TU, UK
School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University,
Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
Present address: School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent
University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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We link detailed stable isotope and biomarker analyses from the catchments of three Arctic upland lakes on Disko Island (West Greenland) to a recent dated sediment core to understand how carbon cycling has changed over the past ~500 years. We find that the carbon deposited in sediments in these upland lakes is predominately sourced from in-lake production due to the catchment's limited terrestrial vegetation and elevation and that recent increases in algal production link with climate change.
We link detailed stable isotope and biomarker analyses from the catchments of three Arctic...
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