Anthropogenic disturbance stimulates the export of dissolved organic carbon to rivers on the Tibetan Plateau

Nai, Hui; Zhong, Jun; Yi, Yuanbi; Lai, Manting; He, Ding; Dittmar, Thorsten; Liu, Cong-Qiang; Li, Si-Liang; Xu, Sheng

doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c01593

Anthropogenic disturbance stimulates the export of dissolved organic carbon to rivers on the Tibetan Plateau

The impacts of human activities on the riverine carbon (C) cycle have only recently been recognized, and even fewer studies have been reported on anthropogenic impacts on C cycling in rivers draining the vulnerable alpine areas. Here, we examined carbon isotopes (δ 13 C DOC and Δ 14 C DOC ), fluo…