Small watersheds may play a disproportionate role in arctic land-ocean fluxes
Jorien E. Vonk, Niek Jesse Speetjens, Amanda Poste
Abstract
While over 99% of coastal arctic rivers drain small catchments, future projections of land-ocean fluxes are based on data from large rivers. We encourage inclusion of and increased focus on smaller catchments to support representative assessments of arctic ecosystem change.
Topics & Concepts
ArcticEnvironmental scienceEcosystemThe arcticLand useOceanographyPhysical geographyGeographyEcologyGeologyBiologyClimate change and permafrostCryospheric studies and observationsGeology and Paleoclimatology Research