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The Arctic nearshore zone plays a key role in the carbon cycle. Organic-rich sediments get eroded off permafrost affected coastlines and can be directly transferred to the nearshore zone. Permafrost in the Arctic stores a high amount of organic matter and is vulnerable to thermo-erosion, which is expected to increase due to climate change. This will likely result in higher sediment loads in nearshore waters and has the potential to alter local ecosystems by limiting light transmission into the water column, thus limiting primary production to the top-most part of it, and increasing nutrient export from coastal erosion. Greater organic matter input could result in the release of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Climate change also acts upon the fluvial system, leading to greater discharge to the nearshore zone. It leads to decreasing sea-ice cover as well, which will both increase wave energy and lengthen the open-water season. Yet, knowledge on these processes and the resulting impact on the nearshore zone is scarce, because access ...
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kumulative Dissertation
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Dissertation Universität Potsdam 2022
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Klein, Konstantin Paul Remote sensing of suspended sediment dynamics in the Arctic nearshore zone Potsdam, 2022
Language:
English
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Hochschulschrift
URL:
https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-57603
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