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Northern Delta Lakes as Summertime CO2 Absorbers Within the Arctic Landscape

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Author	Tank, Suzanne E. Lesack, Lance F. W. Hesslein, Raymond H.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	The vast majority of lakes examined worldwide emit CO2 to the overlying atmosphere, through a process by which catchment-derived subsidies of terrigenous C, often in the form of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), augment within-lake CO2 production above the level consumed via photosynthesis. We show that shallow, macrophyte-rich lakes of the Mackenzie Delta, western Canadian Arctic, do not follow this pattern. These lakes are strong summertime CO2 absorbers, despite DOC concentrations at or above levels commonly shown to produce CO2 emission. Paradoxically, CO2 levels were lowest where DOC was greatest, in lakes which appear to be annual net CO2 absorbers, and have poor hydrologic connection to the terrestrial landscape. CO2 in these lakes is depleted by high macrophyte productivity, and although catchment-derived C subsidies are low, within-lake DOC generation appears to occur as a byproduct of macrophyte photosynthesis and evapoconcentration. Additionally, after accounting for DOC and macrophytes, lakes that were least connected to the larger terrestrial landscape remained weaker CO2 absorbers, suggesting that CO2 balance may also be affected by DOC quality, foodweb structure, or inputs of pCO2-rich riverwater to connected lakes. In contrast, a small subset of Delta lakes that were strongly affected by permafrost melting were CO2 emitters, suggesting future permafrost degradation could engender a change in the overall CO2 balance of these lakes from near-CO2 neutral over the ice-free season, to clear CO2 emission. Our work suggests that the current paradigm of lakewater CO2 regulation may need to specifically incorporate shallow, productive lakes, and those that are poorly connected to their surrounding landscape.
Starting Page	144
Ending Page	157
Page Count	14
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ISSN	14329840
Journal	Ecosystems
Volume Number	12
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14350629
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2008-11-05
Publisher Place	New York
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Subject Keyword	CO2 flux arctic lakes arctic deltas permafrost melting dissolved organic carbon lake-landscape connectivity shallow productive lakes climate change Nature Conservation Geoecology/Natural Processes Environmental Management Zoology Plant Sciences Ecology
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Subject	Ecology Environmental Chemistry Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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