Authors
Terry D Prowse, Frederick J Wrona, James D Reist, John J Gibson, John E Hobbie, Lucie MJ Lévesque, Warwick F Vincent
Publication date
2006/11
Journal
AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
Volume
35
Issue
7
Pages
347-358
Publisher
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Description
In general, the arctic freshwater-terrestrial system will warm more rapidly than the global average, particularly during the autumn and winter season. The decline or loss of many cryospheric components and a shift from a nival to an increasingly pluvial system will produce numerous physical effects on freshwater ecosystems. Of particular note will be reductions in the dominance of the spring freshet and changes in the intensity of river-ice breakup. Increased evaporation/evapotranspiration due to longer ice-free seasons, higher air/water temperatures and greater transpiring vegetation along with increase infiltration because of permafrost thaw will decrease surface water levels and coverage. Loss of ice and permafrost, increased water temperatures and vegetation shifts will alter water chemistry, the general result being an increase in lotic and lentic productivity. Changes in ice and water flow/levels will lead to …
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