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Global perturbation of organic carbon cycling by river damming

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  • Taylor Maavara

    (Ecohydrology Research Group, Water Institute, University of Waterloo)

  • Ronny Lauerwald

    (Environment & Society, Université Libre de Bruxelles
    College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter)

  • Pierre Regnier

    (Environment & Society, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

  • Philippe Van Cappellen

    (Ecohydrology Research Group, Water Institute, University of Waterloo)

Abstract

The damming of rivers represents one of the most far-reaching human modifications of the flows of water and associated matter from land to sea. Dam reservoirs are hotspots of sediment accumulation, primary productivity (P) and carbon mineralization (R) along the river continuum. Here we show that for the period 1970–2030, global carbon mineralization in reservoirs exceeds carbon fixation (P

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  • Taylor Maavara & Ronny Lauerwald & Pierre Regnier & Philippe Van Cappellen, 2017. "Global perturbation of organic carbon cycling by river damming," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-10, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms15347
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15347
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    1. Nakayama, Tadanobu & Pelletier, Gregory J., 2018. "Impact of global major reservoirs on carbon cycle changes by using an advanced eco-hydrologic and biogeochemical coupling model," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 387(C), pages 172-186.

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