water Article Impact of Permafrost Thaw and Climate Warming on Riverine Export Fluxes of Carbon, Nutrients and Metals in Western Siberia Oleg S. Pokrovsky 1,2,3,*, Rinat M. Manasypov 1 , Sergey G. Kopysov 4, Ivan V. Krickov 1 , Liudmila S. Shirokova 2,3, Sergey V. Loiko 1 , Artem G. Lim 1 , Larisa G. Kolesnichenko 1, Sergey N. Vorobyev 1 and Sergey N. Kirpotin 1 1 BIO-GEO-CLIM Laboratory, Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina ave, 634050 Tomsk, Russia;
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[email protected] Received: 30 April 2020; Accepted: 22 June 2020; Published: 24 June 2020 Abstract: The assessment of riverine fluxes of carbon, nutrients, and metals in surface waters of permafrost-affected regions is crucially important for constraining adequate models of ecosystem functioning under various climate change scenarios. In this regard, the largest permafrost peatland territory on the Earth, the Western Siberian Lowland (WSL) presents a unique opportunity of studying possible future changes in biogeochemical cycles because it lies within a south–north gradient of climate, vegetation, and permafrost that ranges from the permafrost-free boreal to the Arctic tundra with continuous permafrost at otherwise similar relief and bedrocks.