Nature Communications (Jun 2023)

Small watersheds may play a disproportionate role in arctic land-ocean fluxes

  • J. E. Vonk,
  • N. J. Speetjens,
  • A. E. Poste

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39209-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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While over 99% of coastal arctic rivers drain small catchments, future projections of land-ocean fluxes are based on data from large rivers. We encourage inclusion of and increased focus on smaller catchments to support representative assessments of arctic ecosystem change.