Abstract:Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is a key variable in stream ecosystems, influencing stream biogeochemistry (Halbedel et al., 2013;Zarnetske et al., 2018), supporting aquatic food webs (Tank et al., 2010), and forming a major constituent of global carbon fluxes (Battin et al., 2009;Meybeck, 1982). In glaciated systems, DOC fluxes can be a major source of organic carbon (OC) to the ocean or terminal lakes (Hood et al., 2020;McKnight et al., 1999). Understanding how instream DOC concentration (C) changes with disc… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.