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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-3959-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-3959-2022
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Research article
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31 Aug 2022
Research article |
| 31 Aug 2022
| 31 Aug 2022
The dominant role of sunlight in degrading winter dissolved organic matter from a thermokarst lake in a subarctic peatland
Flora Mazoyer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire de limnologie nordique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Québec, QC, Canada
Centre for Northern Studies, Université Laval, Québec, QC,
Canada
Isabelle Laurion
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire de limnologie nordique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Québec, QC, Canada
Centre for Northern Studies, Université Laval, Québec, QC,
Canada
Milla Rautio
Centre for Northern Studies, Université Laval, Québec, QC,
Canada
Laboratoire des sciences aquatiques, Département des sciences fondamentales, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Québec, QC, Canada
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Dissolved organic matter collected at the end of winter from a peatland thermokarst lake was highly transformed and degraded by sunlight, leading to bacterial stimulation and CO2 production, but a fraction was also potentially lost by photoflocculation. Over 18 days, 18 % of the incubated dissolved organic matter was lost under sunlight, while dark bacterial degradation was negligible. Sunlight could have a marked effect on carbon cycling in organic-rich thermokarst lakes after ice-off.
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