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Research article
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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
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- Seasonal and spatial variations in riverine DOC exports in permafrost-dominated Arctic river basins S. Liu et al. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128060
- A Review on Geological View of Svalbard with its Infrastructure and Strategies Ş. Yalçınkaya et al. 10.30897/ijegeo.1081659
- The Thores Lake proglacial system: remnant stability in the rapidly changing Canadian High Arctic A. Culley et al. 10.1139/as-2022-0023
- Understanding drivers of mercury in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), a top-predator fish in southwest Alaska's parklands K. Bartz et al. 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121678
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- Radiocarbon age-offset measurements reveal shifts in the transport mechanism and age of permafrost-derived organic carbon from Burial Lake, arctic Alaska from MIS 3 to present H. Sinon et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109083
- Origin and Pathways of Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Small Catchment in the Lena River Delta L. Stolpmann et al. 10.3389/feart.2021.759085
- Biogeochemical Distinctiveness of Peatland Ponds, Thermokarst Waterbodies, and Lakes J. Arsenault et al. 10.1029/2021GL097492
- High carbon emissions from thermokarst lakes and their determinants in the Tibet Plateau C. Mu et al. 10.1111/gcb.16658
- High Voltage: The Molecular Properties of Redox-Active Dissolved Organic Matter in Northern High-Latitude Lakes M. Kurek et al. 10.1021/acs.est.3c01782
- Hydrologic and Landscape Controls on Dissolved Organic Matter Composition Across Western North American Arctic Lakes M. Kurek et al. 10.1029/2022GB007495
- Greenhouse gases, organic carbon, major and trace elements in ultra-small water bodies (<100 m2) of permafrost peatlands: Assessment across seasons and permafrost gradient A. Lim et al. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133343
- Distributive Features of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Aquatic Systems in the Source Area of the Yellow River on the Northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China Q. Ma et al. 10.3389/feart.2022.892524
Latest update: 20 Jul 2025
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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