Dean, J.F. et al. (2020) East Siberian Arctic inland waters emit mostly contemporary carbon. Nature Communications, 11, 1627. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15511-6) (PMID:32242076) (PMCID:PMC7118085)
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Abstract
Inland waters (rivers, lakes and ponds) are important conduits for the emission of terrestrial carbon in Arctic permafrost landscapes. These emissions are driven by turnover of contemporary terrestrial carbon and additional pre-aged (Holocene and late-Pleistocene) carbon released from thawing permafrost soils, but the magnitude of these source contributions to total inland water carbon fluxes remains unknown. Here we present unique simultaneous radiocarbon age measurements of inland water CO2, CH4 and dissolved and particulate organic carbon in northeast Siberia during summer. We show that >80% of total inland water carbon was contemporary in age, but pre-aged carbon contributed >50% at sites strongly affected by permafrost thaw. CO2 and CH4 were younger than dissolved and particulate organic carbon, suggesting emissions were primarily fuelled by contemporary carbon decomposition. Our findings reveal that inland water carbon emissions from permafrost landscapes may be more sensitive to changes in contemporary carbon turnover than the release of pre-aged carbon from thawing permafrost.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Garnett, Dr Mark |
Authors: | Dean, J.F., Meisel, O.H., Rosco, M.M., Marchesini, L.B., Garnett, M.H., Lenderink, H., van Logtestijn, R., Borges, A.V., Bouillon, S., Lambert, T., Röckmann, T., Maximov, T., Petrov, R., Karsanaev, S., Aerts, R., van Huissteden, J., Vonk, J.E., and Dolman, A.J. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre |
Journal Name: | Nature Communications |
Publisher: | Nature Research |
ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
ISSN (Online): | 2041-1723 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 The Authors |
First Published: | First published in Nature Communications 11:1627 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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