Rising dissolved organic carbon concentrations in coastal waters of northwestern Borneo related to tropical peatland conversion

• Main Authors: Sanwlani, Nivedita, Evans, Chris D., Müller, Moritz, Cherukuru, Nagur, Martin, Patrick
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Carbon Concentrations; Coastal Waters
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160893
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Southeast Asia's peatlands are considered a globally important source of terrigenous dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to the ocean. Human disturbance has probably increased peatland DOC fluxes, but the lack of monitoring has precluded a robust demonstration of such a regional-scale impact. Here,...