Loading of water bodies with dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and dissolved total nitrogen (DTN) affects their integrity and functioning. Microbial interactions mitigate the negative effects of high nutrient loads in these ecosystems. Despite numerous studies on how biodiversity mediates ecosystem functions, whether and how diversity and complexity of microbial food webs (horizontal, vertical) an...

Adsorption of DOM by soil has been implicated as a very important factor in controlling the loss of DOM Leaching of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and the associated from ecosystems in stream water (McDowell and Wood, nutrient elements can be a significant form of loss from developing 1984; Nelson et al., 1993; Qualls et al., 2002). Several ecosystems. We studied how the adsorption of dissolved...

Natural organic matter (NOM) in drinking water supplies can provide precursors for disinfectant byproducts, molecules that impact taste and odors, compounds that influence the efficacy of treatment, and other compounds that are a source of energy and carbon for the regrowth of microorganisms during distribution. NOM, measured as dissolved organic carbon (DOC), was monitored daily in the White R...

Bank filtration (BF) and soil aquifer treatment (SAT) are efficient natural technologies in potable water reuse systems. The removal of many organic micro-pollutants (OMPs) depends on redox-conditions in the subsoil, especially on the availability of molecular oxygen. Due to microbial transformation of particulate and dissolved organic constituents, oxygen can be consumed within short flow dist...

Using a 15 year stream record from a northern boreal catchment, we demonstrate that the inter-annual variation in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations during snowmelt was related to discharge, winter climate and previous DOC export. A short and intense snowmelt gave higher stream water DOC concentrations, as did long winters, while a high previous DOC export during the antecedent summe...

Ground ice in permafrost stores substantial amounts of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) upon thaw, which may perpetuate a feedback regions, yet little is known to date about the dynamics DOC and source variability ground on Tibetan Plateau. Here, high-resolution data (4.8 m depth) from two profiles Northeastern Plateau (NETP) were firstly presented. We quantified concentrations (mean: 9.7–21.5 mg...

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is nowadays recognized as the main substrate and source of energy for aquatic microbial community. The great part of available organic carbon for bacterioplankton might be formed after photolytic degradation of humic material, which constitutes the major part of DOC in almost all natural waters. The effects of DOC photo-degradation were evaluated, as was its utili...