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

Vonk, J E; Speetjens, N J; Poste, A E · Nat Commun · 2023

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Abstract

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.

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