Browning of freshwaters: Consequences to ecosystem services, underlying drivers, and potential mitigation measures

ES Kritzberg, EM Hasselquist, M Škerlep, S Löfgren… - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
Browning of surface waters, as a result of increasing dissolved organic carbon and iron
concentrations, is a widespread phenomenon with implications to the structure and function …

Global change‐driven effects on dissolved organic matter composition: Implications for food webs of northern lakes

IF Creed, AK Bergström, CG Trick… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Northern ecosystems are experiencing some of the most dramatic impacts of global change
on Earth. Rising temperatures, hydrological intensification, changes in atmospheric acid …

Ecosystem consequences of changing inputs of terrestrial dissolved organic matter to lakes: current knowledge and future challenges

CT Solomon, SE Jones, BC Weidel, I Buffam, ML Fork… - Ecosystems, 2015 - Springer
Lake ecosystems and the services that they provide to people are profoundly influenced by
dissolved organic matter derived from terrestrial plant tissues. These terrestrial dissolved …

Current browning of surface waters will be further promoted by wetter climate

HA De Wit, S Valinia, GA Weyhenmeyer… - … & Technology Letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Browning of surface waters because of increasing terrestrial dissolved organic carbon (OC)
concentrations is a concern for drinking water providers and can impact land carbon …

How important are terrestrial organic carbon inputs for secondary production in freshwater ecosystems?

MT Brett, SE Bunn, S Chandra… - Freshwater …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Many freshwater systems receive substantial inputs of terrestrial organic matter. Terrestrially
derived dissolved organic carbon (t‐DOC) inputs can modify light availability, the spatial …

Effects of UV radiation on aquatic ecosystems and interactions with other environmental factors

DP Häder, CE Williamson, SÅ Wängberg… - Photochemical & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Interactions between climate change and UV radiation are having strong effects on aquatic
ecosystems due to feedback between temperature, UV radiation, and greenhouse gas …

From greening to browning: Catchment vegetation development and reduced S-deposition promote organic carbon load on decadal time scales in Nordic lakes

AG Finstad, T Andersen, S Larsen, K Tominaga… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Increased concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), often labelled “browning”, is a
current trend in northern, particularly boreal, freshwaters. The browning has been attributed …

Ecological consequences of long-term browning in lakes

CE Williamson, EP Overholt, RM Pilla, TH Leach… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Increases in terrestrially-derived dissolved organic matter (DOM) have led to the browning of
inland waters across regions of northeastern North America and Europe. Short-term …

[HTML][HTML] Ecology and extent of freshwater browning-What we know and what should be studied next in the context of global change

CC Blanchet, C Arzel, A Davranche… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water browning or brownification refers to increasing water color, often related to increasing
dissolved organic matter (DOM) and carbon (DOC) content in freshwaters. Browning has …

Fewer blue lakes and more murky lakes across the continental US: Implications for planktonic food webs

DM Leech, AI Pollard, SG Labou… - Limnology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated allochthonous inputs of organic matter are increasingly recognized as a driver of
ecosystem change in lakes, particularly when concurrent with eutrophication. Evaluation of …