Around one third of current Arctic Ocean primary production sustained by rivers and coastal erosion

J Terhaar, R Lauerwald, P Regnier, N Gruber… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Net primary production (NPP) is the foundation of the oceans' ecosystems and the fisheries
they support. In the Arctic Ocean, NPP is controlled by a complex interplay of light and …

On carbon transport and fate in the East Siberian Arctic land–shelf–atmosphere system

IP Semiletov, NE Shakhova, VI Sergienko… - Environmental …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
This review paper summarizes current understanding of the transport of organic carbon to,
and the fate of organic carbon within, the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS), and of …

Activation of old carbon by erosion of coastal and subsea permafrost in Arctic Siberia

JE Vonk, L Sánchez-García, BE Van Dongen, V Alling… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
The future trajectory of greenhouse gas concentrations depends on interactions between
climate and the biogeosphere,. Thawing of Arctic permafrost could release significant …

High biolability of ancient permafrost carbon upon thaw

JE Vonk, PJ Mann, S Davydov… - Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing climate warming in the Arctic will thaw permafrost and remobilize substantial
terrestrial organic carbon (OC) pools. Around a quarter of northern permafrost OC resides in …

Acidification of East Siberian Arctic Shelf waters through addition of freshwater and terrestrial carbon

I Semiletov, I Pipko, Ö Gustafsson, LG Anderson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Ocean acidification affects marine ecosystems and carbon cycling, and is considered a
direct effect of anthropogenic carbon dioxide uptake from the atmosphere,,. Accumulation of …

Biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon in permafrost soils and aquatic systems: a meta-analysis

JE Vonk, SE Tank, PJ Mann, RGM Spencer… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
As Arctic regions warm and frozen soils thaw, the large organic carbon pool stored in
permafrost becomes increasingly vulnerable to decomposition or transport. The transfer of …

Differential mobilization of terrestrial carbon pools in Eurasian Arctic river basins

X Feng, JE Vonk, BE Van Dongen… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Mobilization of Arctic permafrost carbon is expected to increase with warming-induced
thawing. However, this effect is challenging to assess due to the diverse processes …

Permafrost-carbon complexities

JE Vonk, Ö Gustafsson - Nature Geoscience, 2013 - nature.com
Figure 1| Translocation and attenuation of permafrost carbon. a, The traditional permafrost-
carbon feedback loop2, 6, 7, 10 assumes that permafrost carbon decays at the site of active …

The vulnerability of Arctic shelf sediments to climate change

RW Macdonald, ZZA Kuzyk… - Environmental …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
The sediments of the pan-Arctic shelves contribute an important component to the Arctic
Ocean ecosystem by providing a habitat for biota (benthos), a repository for organic and …

A land‐to‐ocean perspective on the magnitude, source and implication of DIC flux from major Arctic rivers to the Arctic Ocean

SE Tank, PA Raymond, RG Striegl… - Global …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A series of seasonally distributed measurements from the six largest Arctic rivers (the Ob',
Yenisey, Lena, Kolyma, Yukon and Mackenzie) was used to examine the magnitude and …