MSc Christina Fasching
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PhD Thesis
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) biogeochemistry in fluvial networks
Inland waters are active components of the global carbon cycle for they do not only transport, but mineralize and store a large amount of carbon, yet carbon fluxes in these systems have not received much attention in the global carbon budget. My PhD thesis focuses on the biogeochemistry of dissolved organic carbon (DOC). I will investigate the chemical diversity and bioreactivity of DOC, relate it to environmental and microbial parameters in order to better understand how fluvial networks in alpine regions function. The thesis is funded by the START-project ARCANET (Architecture of carbon fluxes in fluvial networks).