The influence of hyporheic zone interactions on the redox state of fulvic acids and other redox active species was investigated in an alpine stream and adjacent wetland, which is a more reducing environment. A tracer injection experiment using bromide (Br-) was conducted in the stream system. Simulations with a transport model showed that rates of exchange between the stream and hyporheic zone ...

Certain organic carbon moieties in drinking source waters of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta can react with chlorine during disinfection to form potentially carcinogenic and mutagenic trihalomethanes. The properties of reactive organic carbon in Delta waters, particularly those of soil origin, have been poorly understood. This study attempts to characterize trihalomethane reactivity of soil or...

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a well-recognized cause of human illness. Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in five purple soils from Sichuan Province was investigated. The dynamics of E. coli O157:H7 survival in purple soils were described by the Weibull model. Results showed that this model is suitable to fit survival curves of E. coli O157:H7 in purple soils, with the calculated td value (sur...

Hydrological restoration of historically isolated wetlands may mitigate phosphorus (P) loss. The objectives of this study were to quantify P in soil, determine effect of (1) soil characteristics on P release, and (2) antecedent soil hydrological conditions on P dynamics. Humic/fulvic acid bound P and residual P accounted for majority of P (>78%) in surface soils. Soils with highest nutrient sta...

The presence oí aggregates oí humic substances (HS) with inorganic adsorbates in a lagaon located in Huelva (south Spain) ia reported. The chemical nature oftbe fulvic acid (FA) fraction, extracted froro the natura] aggregate by treatment with chelating resins, has been investigated by physical and chemical methods. Tbe results suggest that these FA are similar f.o FA from other aquatic environ...

The mechanism of the high-temperature hydrolysis and alkylation with tetraalkylammonium hydroxides of bioand geopolymers has been approached mainly by studying the behaviour of single standard compounds. In the present work, we have applied this technique to three polymers of known structure, i.e. suberin, polycitraconic acid (peA) and a lignin dehydrogenase polymer (DHP), related respectively ...