Selective loss and preservation of lake water dissolved organic matter fluorescence during long-term dark incubations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 238-246

  Kothawala, Dolly N ^a,b   von Wachenfeldt, Eddie ^a   Koehler, Birgit ^a,b   Tranvik, Lars J ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal lake; Dark bioassay; Dissolved organic matter; Organic matter degradation; PARAFAC; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; BOREAL LAKES; CONCENTRATION RANGES; DARK CONDITIONS; DARK INCUBATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FLUORESCENCE COMPONENTS; FLUORESCENCE INDICES; HUMIFICATION INDEX; INLAND WATERS; INNER FILTER EFFECTS; LAKE WATERS; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION; PARAFAC; RELATIVE INTENSITY; RESIDENCE TIME; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL INDICES; TEMPORAL SCALE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOASSAY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY;

LAKES;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LAKE WATER; ORGANIC CARBON;

ABSORBANCE; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIFICATION; LAKE WATER; SPECTROSCOPY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIFICATION; INCUBATION TIME; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84863769658     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.029     Document Type: Article

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