Characterizing Uncertainty in Pan-Arctic Land-Ocean Dissolved Organic Carbon Flux: Insights From the Onega River, Russia

被引：6

作者：

Starr, Sommer ^{[1
]}

Johnston, Sarah Ellen ^{[1
,2
]}

Sobolev, Nikita ^{[3
,4
]}

Perminova, Irina ^{[4
]}

Kellerman, Anne ^{[1
]}

Fiske, Greg ^{[5
]}

Bulygina, Ekaterina ^{[6
]}

Shiklomanov, Alexander ^{[7
]}

McKenna, Amy ^{[8
,9
]}

Spencer, Robert G. M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Florida State Univ, Dept Earth Ocean & Atmospher Sci, Natl High Magnet Field Lab Geochem Grp, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA

[2] Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Dept Chem & Biochem, Fairbanks, AK USA

[3] Northern Arctic Fed Univ Named M V Lomonosov, Arkhangelsk, Russia

[4] Lomonosov Moscow State Univ, Dept Chem, Moscow, Russia

[5] Woodwell Climate Res Ctr, Falmouth, MA USA

[6] Louisiana Univ Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA USA

[7] Univ New Hampshire, Water Syst Anal Grp, Durham, NH USA

[8] Natl High Magnet Field Lab, Natl High Magnet Field Lab FT ICR MS Grp, Tallahassee, FL USA

[9] Colorado State Univ, Dept Soil & Crop Sci, Ft Collins, CO USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES | 2023年 / 128卷 / 05期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATTER COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION; PERMAFROST CARBON; MASS-SPECTROMETER; MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; CLIMATE-CHANGE; EXPORT; COASTAL; WATER;

D O I：

10.1029/2022JG007073

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) flux from rivers in the pan-Arctic watershed represents an important connection between major terrestrial carbon stocks and the Arctic Ocean. Previous estimates of Arctic carbon flux and dissolved organic matter (DOM) seasonal dynamics have relied predominantly on measurements from the six major Arctic rivers, yet these may not be representative of northern high-latitude constrained smaller watersheds. Here, we evaluate DOC concentration and DOM composition in the Onega River, a small Arctic watershed, using optical measurements and ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry. Compared to the six largest Arctic rivers, DOC, absorbance at a(350), and indicators of terrestrial DOM (e.g., specific UV absorbance at 254 nm, modified aromaticity index, relative abundance of condensed aromatics and polyphenolics) were elevated in the Onega throughout the year. Seasonality was also generally muted in comparison to the major Arctic rivers with relatively elevated DOC and terrestrial markers in both spring and fall seasons. The Onega exhibits a strong relationship between a(350) and DOC, and its organic-rich nature is apparent in its high DOC yield (4.85 g m(2)yr(-1)), and higher chromophoric DOM per unit DOC than the six largest Arctic rivers. As DOC yield from the Onega may be more representative of smaller northern high-latitude rivers, we derived a new pan-Arctic DOC flux scaling estimate which is over 50% higher than previous estimates scaled solely from the six major Arctic rivers. These observations suggest that smaller northern high-latitude rivers may be underrepresented in Arctic carbon flux models and highlights uncertainty around constraining the export of DOC to the Arctic Ocean.

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