The Arctic in the twenty-first century: changing biogeochemical linkages across a paraglacial landscape of Greenland

The Kangerlussuaq area of southwest Greenland encompasses diverse ecological, geomorphic, and climate gradients that function over a range of spatial and temporal scales. Ecosystems range from the microbial communities on the ice sheet and moisture-stressed terrestrial vegetation (and their associat...

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Main Authors: Anderson, N. John, Saros, Jasmine E., Bullard, Joanna E., Cahoon, Sean M.P., McGowan, Suzanne, Bagshaw, Elizabeth A., Barry, Christopher D., Bindler, Richard, Burpee, Benjamin T., Carrivick, Jonathan L., Fowler, Rachel A., Fox, Anthony D., Fritz, Sherilyn C., Giles, Madeleine E., Hamerlik, Ladislav, Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas, Law, Antonia C., Mernild, Sebastian H., Northington, Robert M., Osburn, Christopher L., Pla-Rabès, Sergi, Post, Eric, Telling, Jon, Stroud, David A., Whiteford, Erika J., Yallop, Marian L., Yde, Jacob C.
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author Anderson, N. John
Saros, Jasmine E.
Bullard, Joanna E.
Cahoon, Sean M.P.
McGowan, Suzanne
Bagshaw, Elizabeth A.
Barry, Christopher D.
Bindler, Richard
Burpee, Benjamin T.
Carrivick, Jonathan L.
Fowler, Rachel A.
Fox, Anthony D.
Fritz, Sherilyn C.
Giles, Madeleine E.
Hamerlik, Ladislav
Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas
Law, Antonia C.
Mernild, Sebastian H.
Northington, Robert M.
Osburn, Christopher L.
Pla-Rabès, Sergi
Post, Eric
Telling, Jon
Stroud, David A.
Whiteford, Erika J.
Yallop, Marian L.
Yde, Jacob C.
author_facet Anderson, N. John
Saros, Jasmine E.
Bullard, Joanna E.
Cahoon, Sean M.P.
McGowan, Suzanne
Bagshaw, Elizabeth A.
Barry, Christopher D.
Bindler, Richard
Burpee, Benjamin T.
Carrivick, Jonathan L.
Fowler, Rachel A.
Fox, Anthony D.
Fritz, Sherilyn C.
Giles, Madeleine E.
Hamerlik, Ladislav
Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas
Law, Antonia C.
Mernild, Sebastian H.
Northington, Robert M.
Osburn, Christopher L.
Pla-Rabès, Sergi
Post, Eric
Telling, Jon
Stroud, David A.
Whiteford, Erika J.
Yallop, Marian L.
Yde, Jacob C.
author_sort Anderson, N. John
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description The Kangerlussuaq area of southwest Greenland encompasses diverse ecological, geomorphic, and climate gradients that function over a range of spatial and temporal scales. Ecosystems range from the microbial communities on the ice sheet and moisture-stressed terrestrial vegetation (and their associated herbivores) to freshwater and oligosaline lakes. These ecosystems are linked by a dynamic glacio-fluvial-aeolian geomorphic system that transports water, geological material, organic carbon and nutrients from the glacier surface to adjacent terrestrial and aquatic systems. This paraglacial system is now subject to substantial change because of rapid regional warming since 2000. Here, we describe changes in the eco- and geomorphic systems at a range of timescales and explore rapid future change in the links that integrate these systems. We highlight the importance of cross-system subsidies at the landscape scale and, importantly, how these might change in the near future as the Arctic is expected to continue to warm.
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spelling nottingham-467492020-05-04T18:27:51Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46749/ The Arctic in the twenty-first century: changing biogeochemical linkages across a paraglacial landscape of Greenland Anderson, N. John Saros, Jasmine E. Bullard, Joanna E. Cahoon, Sean M.P. McGowan, Suzanne Bagshaw, Elizabeth A. Barry, Christopher D. Bindler, Richard Burpee, Benjamin T. Carrivick, Jonathan L. Fowler, Rachel A. Fox, Anthony D. Fritz, Sherilyn C. Giles, Madeleine E. Hamerlik, Ladislav Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas Law, Antonia C. Mernild, Sebastian H. Northington, Robert M. Osburn, Christopher L. Pla-Rabès, Sergi Post, Eric Telling, Jon Stroud, David A. Whiteford, Erika J. Yallop, Marian L. Yde, Jacob C. The Kangerlussuaq area of southwest Greenland encompasses diverse ecological, geomorphic, and climate gradients that function over a range of spatial and temporal scales. Ecosystems range from the microbial communities on the ice sheet and moisture-stressed terrestrial vegetation (and their associated herbivores) to freshwater and oligosaline lakes. These ecosystems are linked by a dynamic glacio-fluvial-aeolian geomorphic system that transports water, geological material, organic carbon and nutrients from the glacier surface to adjacent terrestrial and aquatic systems. This paraglacial system is now subject to substantial change because of rapid regional warming since 2000. Here, we describe changes in the eco- and geomorphic systems at a range of timescales and explore rapid future change in the links that integrate these systems. We highlight the importance of cross-system subsidies at the landscape scale and, importantly, how these might change in the near future as the Arctic is expected to continue to warm. Oxford University Press 2017-02-01 Article PeerReviewed Anderson, N. John, Saros, Jasmine E., Bullard, Joanna E., Cahoon, Sean M.P., McGowan, Suzanne, Bagshaw, Elizabeth A., Barry, Christopher D., Bindler, Richard, Burpee, Benjamin T., Carrivick, Jonathan L., Fowler, Rachel A., Fox, Anthony D., Fritz, Sherilyn C., Giles, Madeleine E., Hamerlik, Ladislav, Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas, Law, Antonia C., Mernild, Sebastian H., Northington, Robert M., Osburn, Christopher L., Pla-Rabès, Sergi, Post, Eric, Telling, Jon, Stroud, David A., Whiteford, Erika J., Yallop, Marian L. and Yde, Jacob C. (2017) The Arctic in the twenty-first century: changing biogeochemical linkages across a paraglacial landscape of Greenland. BioScience, 67 (2). pp. 118-133. ISSN 1525-3244 tundra lake carbon permafrost aeolian https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/biosci/biw158 doi:10.1093/biosci/biw158 doi:10.1093/biosci/biw158
spellingShingle tundra
lake
carbon
permafrost
aeolian
Anderson, N. John
Saros, Jasmine E.
Bullard, Joanna E.
Cahoon, Sean M.P.
McGowan, Suzanne
Bagshaw, Elizabeth A.
Barry, Christopher D.
Bindler, Richard
Burpee, Benjamin T.
Carrivick, Jonathan L.
Fowler, Rachel A.
Fox, Anthony D.
Fritz, Sherilyn C.
Giles, Madeleine E.
Hamerlik, Ladislav
Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas
Law, Antonia C.
Mernild, Sebastian H.
Northington, Robert M.
Osburn, Christopher L.
Pla-Rabès, Sergi
Post, Eric
Telling, Jon
Stroud, David A.
Whiteford, Erika J.
Yallop, Marian L.
Yde, Jacob C.
The Arctic in the twenty-first century: changing biogeochemical linkages across a paraglacial landscape of Greenland
title The Arctic in the twenty-first century: changing biogeochemical linkages across a paraglacial landscape of Greenland
title_full The Arctic in the twenty-first century: changing biogeochemical linkages across a paraglacial landscape of Greenland
title_fullStr The Arctic in the twenty-first century: changing biogeochemical linkages across a paraglacial landscape of Greenland
title_full_unstemmed The Arctic in the twenty-first century: changing biogeochemical linkages across a paraglacial landscape of Greenland
title_short The Arctic in the twenty-first century: changing biogeochemical linkages across a paraglacial landscape of Greenland
title_sort arctic in the twenty-first century: changing biogeochemical linkages across a paraglacial landscape of greenland
topic tundra
lake
carbon
permafrost
aeolian
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46749/
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