Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-953-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-953-2016
Research article
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09 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 09 Dec 2016

Deforestation in Amazonia impacts riverine carbon dynamics

Fanny Langerwisch, Ariane Walz, Anja Rammig, Britta Tietjen, Kirsten Thonicke, and Wolfgang Cramer

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AR by Fanny Langerwisch on behalf of the Authors (31 Mar 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (11 Jul 2016) by Christian Reick
AR by Fanny Langerwisch on behalf of the Authors (15 Sep 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (22 Sep 2016) by Christian Reick
AR by Fanny Langerwisch on behalf of the Authors (03 Nov 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Nov 2016) by Christian Reick
AR by Fanny Langerwisch on behalf of the Authors (11 Nov 2016)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Amazonia is heavily impacted by climate change and deforestation. During annual flooding terrigenous material is imported to the river, converted and finally exported to the ocean or the atmosphere. Changes in the vegetation alter therefore riverine carbon dynamics. Our results show that due to deforestation organic carbon amount will strongly decrease both in the river and exported to the ocean, while inorganic carbon amounts will increase, in the river as well as exported to the atmosphere.
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