Browning of freshwaters: Consequences to ecosystem services, underlying drivers, and potential mitigation measures

ES Kritzberg, EM Hasselquist, M Škerlep, S Löfgren… - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
Browning of surface waters, as a result of increasing dissolved organic carbon and iron
concentrations, is a widespread phenomenon with implications to the structure and function …

Ecosystem consequences of changing inputs of terrestrial dissolved organic matter to lakes: current knowledge and future challenges

CT Solomon, SE Jones, BC Weidel, I Buffam, ML Fork… - Ecosystems, 2015 - Springer
Lake ecosystems and the services that they provide to people are profoundly influenced by
dissolved organic matter derived from terrestrial plant tissues. These terrestrial dissolved …

Reviews and syntheses: Effects of permafrost thaw on Arctic aquatic ecosystems

JE Vonk, SE Tank, WB Bowden, I Laurion… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
The Arctic is a water-rich region, with freshwater systems covering about 16% of the northern
permafrost landscape. Permafrost thaw creates new freshwater ecosystems, while at the …

From greening to browning: Catchment vegetation development and reduced S-deposition promote organic carbon load on decadal time scales in Nordic lakes

AG Finstad, T Andersen, S Larsen, K Tominaga… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Increased concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), often labelled “browning”, is a
current trend in northern, particularly boreal, freshwaters. The browning has been attributed …

The influence of dissolved organic carbon on primary production in northern lakes

DA Seekell, JF Lapierre, J Ask… - Limnology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in lakes are changing globally, but little is
known about potential ecosystem impacts. We evaluated the relationship between DOC and …

[HTML][HTML] Ecology and extent of freshwater browning-What we know and what should be studied next in the context of global change

CC Blanchet, C Arzel, A Davranche… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water browning or brownification refers to increasing water color, often related to increasing
dissolved organic matter (DOM) and carbon (DOC) content in freshwaters. Browning has …

[HTML][HTML] Reviewing peatland forestry: Implications and mitigation measures for freshwater ecosystem browning

LH Härkönen, A Lepistö, S Sarkkola… - Forest ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Freshwaters of the boreal and temperate regions have experienced increased browning
during the last decades. Browning, or brownification, is mostly driven by increased organic …

Projected future climate change and Baltic Sea ecosystem management

A Andersson, HEM Meier, M Ripszam, O Rowe… - Ambio, 2015 - Springer
Climate change is likely to have large effects on the Baltic Sea ecosystem. Simulations
indicate 2–4° C warming and 50–80% decrease in ice cover by 2100. Precipitation may …

Light and nutrient control phytoplankton biomass responses to global change in northern lakes

AK Bergström, J Karlsson - Global change biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Global change affects terrestrial loadings of colored dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and
nutrients to northern lakes. Still, little is known about how phytoplankton respond to changes …

Changing Arctic snow cover: A review of recent developments and assessment of future needs for observations, modelling, and impacts

S Bokhorst, SH Pedersen, L Brucker, O Anisimov… - Ambio, 2016 - Springer
Snow is a critically important and rapidly changing feature of the Arctic. However, snow-
cover and snowpack conditions change through time pose challenges for measuring and …