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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3917-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3917-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
30 Jun 2021
Research article |
| 30 Jun 2021
| 30 Jun 2021
First pan-Arctic assessment of dissolved organic carbon in lakes of the permafrost region
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Caroline Coch
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
World Wildlife Fund, The Living Planet Centre, Woking, United Kingdom
Anne Morgenstern
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Potsdam, Germany
Julia Boike
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Potsdam, Germany
Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Michael Fritz
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Potsdam, Germany
Ulrike Herzschuh
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam,
Germany
Institute of Earth and Environmental Science-Geoecology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Kathleen Stoof-Leichsenring
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Potsdam, Germany
Yury Dvornikov
Agrarian-Technological Institute, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Birgit Heim
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Potsdam, Germany
Josefine Lenz
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Potsdam, Germany
Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Amy Larsen
Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve and Gates of the Arctic
National Park and Preserve, National Park Service, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Katey Walter Anthony
Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Benjamin Jones
Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska, Fairbanks,
AK, USA
Karen Frey
Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA
Guido Grosse
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Data sets
Permafrost-Region Lake-DOC version1 Database (PeRL-DOCv1) L. Stolpmann, C. Coch, A. Morgenstern, J. Boike, M. Fritz, U. Herzschuh, K. Stoof-Leichsenring, Y. Dvornikov, B. Heim, J. Lenz, A. Larsen, K. Walter Anthony, B. Jones, K. Frey, and G. Grosse https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932262
Short summary
Our new database summarizes DOC concentrations of 2167 water samples from 1833 lakes in permafrost regions across the Arctic to provide insights into linkages between DOC and environment. We found increasing lake DOC concentration with decreasing permafrost extent and higher DOC concentrations in boreal permafrost sites compared to tundra sites. Our study shows that DOC concentration depends on the environmental properties of a lake, especially permafrost extent, ecoregion, and vegetation.
Our new database summarizes DOC concentrations of 2167 water samples from 1833 lakes in...
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