Colored dissolved organic matter in shallow estuaries: relationships between carbon sources and light attenuation

Relationships between colored dissolved organic matter and dissolved organic carbon in different coastal gradients of the Baltic Sea

Due to high terrestrial runoff, the Baltic Sea is rich in dissolved organic carbon (DOC), the light-absorbing fraction of which is referred to as colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM). Inputs of DOC and CDOM are predicted to increase with climate change, affecting coastal ecosystems. We found that the relationships between DOC, CDOM, salinity, and Secchi depth all differed between the two coa...

Utilizing colored dissolved organic matter to derive dissolved black carbon export by arctic rivers

1 Department of Marine Sciences, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University of Georgia, Savannah, GA, USA, 2 Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, 3 Department of Geography, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, 4 Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, USA, 5 University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransa...

Remote sensing estimation of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in optically shallow waters

Temperature Dependence of Photodegradation of Dissolved Organic Matter to Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and Particulate Organic Carbon

Photochemical transformation of dissolved organic matter (DOM) has been studied for more than two decades. Usually, laboratory or "in-situ" experiments are used to determine photodegradation variables. A common problem with these experiments is that the photodegradation experiments are done at higher than ambient temperature. Five laboratory experiments were done to determine the effect of temp...

Colored Dissolved Organic Matter in Sediments and Seagrass Beds and Its Impact on Shallow Water Benthic Optical Properties

The optical properties of shallow water coastal environments are a complex function of physical and biogeochemical processes occurring both in sediments and in the water column. Developing models of the optical properties of these environments requires further knowledge of the processes affecting light alteration and modification by biogeochemical reactions in the surficial sediments and at the...