scholarly journals Assessing the prevalence, products, and pathways of dissolved organic matter partial photo-oxidation in arctic surface waters

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 1214-1223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Collin P. Ward ◽  
Rose M. Cory

Isotope tracer experiments reveal that rates of dissolved organic matter partial photochemical oxidation are considerably underestimated in arctic surface waters.

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 807-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Page ◽  
J. Robert Logan ◽  
Rose M. Cory ◽  
Kristopher McNeill

Photochemical hydroxyl radical formation decreases with increasing water residence time in a system of lakes connected by streams in the Arctic.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo ◽  
Mats A. Granskog ◽  
Astrid Bracher ◽  
Kumiko Azetsu-Scott ◽  
Paul A. Dodd ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Amanda M. Grannas ◽  
Rose M. Cory ◽  
Penney L. Miller ◽  
Yu-Ping Chin ◽  
Diane M. McKnight

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 6879-6891 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Pozzato ◽  
D. Van Oevelen ◽  
L. Moodley ◽  
K. Soetaert ◽  
J. J. Middelburg

Abstract. The bacterial loop, the consumption of dissolved organic matter (DOM) by bacteria and subsequent transfer of bacterial carbon to higher trophic levels, plays a prominent role in pelagic food webs. However, its role in sedimentary ecosystems is not well documented. Here we present the results of isotope tracer experiments performed under in situ oxygen conditions in sediments from inside and outside the Arabian Sea's oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) to study the importance of the microbial loop in this setting. Particulate organic matter, added as phytodetritus, was processed by bacteria, protozoa and metazoans, while dissolved organic matter was processed only by bacteria and there was very little, if any, transfer to higher trophic levels within the 7 day experimental period. This lack of significant transfer of bacterial-derived carbon to metazoan consumers indicates that the bacterial loop is rather inefficient, in sediments both inside and outside the OMZ. Moreover, metazoans directly consumed labile particulate organic matter resources and thus competed with bacteria for phytodetritus.


2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 14097-14132 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Tremblay ◽  
J. Caparros ◽  
K. Leblanc ◽  
I. Obernosterer

Abstract. Natural iron fertilization of high-nutrient low-chlorophyll (HNLC) waters induces annually occurring spring phytoplankton blooms off Kerguelen Islands (Southern Ocean). To examine the origin and fate of particulate and dissolved organic matter (POM and DOM), D- and L-amino acids (AA) were quantified at bloom and HNLC stations. Total hydrolysable AA accounted for 21–25% of surface particulate organic carbon (%POCAA) at the bloom sites, but for 10% at the HNLC site. A marked decrease in %POCAA with depth was observed at the most productive stations leading to values between 3 and 5% below 300 m depth. AA contributed to only 0.9–4.4% of dissolved organic carbon (%DOCAA) at all stations. The only consistent vertical trend was observed at the most productive station (A3-2) where %DOCAA decreased from ∼2% in the surface waters to 0.9% near 300 m. These AA yields and other markers revealed that POM and DOM were more rapidly altered or mineralized at the bloom sites compared to the HNLC site. Different molecular markers indicated that POM mostly originated from diatoms and bacteria. The estimated average proportion of POM from intact phytoplankton cells in surface waters was 45% at the bloom station A3-2, but 14% at the HNLC site. Estimates based on D-AA yields indicated that ∼15% of POM and ∼30% of DOM was of bacterial origin (cells and cell fragments) at all stations. Surprisingly, the DOM in HNLC waters appeared less altered than the DOM from the bloom, had slightly higher dissolved AA concentrations, and showed no sign of alteration within the water column. Unfavorable conditions for bacterial degradation in HNLC regions can explain these findings. In contrast, large inputs of labile organic molecules and iron, likely stimulate the degradation of organic matter (priming effect) and the production of more recalcitrant DOM (microbial carbon pump) during iron-fertilized blooms.


2015 ◽  
Vol 56 (69) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mats A. Granskog ◽  
Daiki Nomura ◽  
Susann Müller ◽  
Andreas Krell ◽  
Takenobu Toyota ◽  
...  

AbstractAbsorption and fluorescence of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in sea ice and surface waters in the southern Sea of Okhotsk was examined. Sea-water CDOM had featureless absorption increasing exponentially with shorter wavelengths. Sea ice showed distinct absorption peaks in the ultraviolet, especially in younger ice. Older first-year sea ice had relatively flat absorption spectra in the ultraviolet range. Parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) identified five fluorescent CDOM components, two humic-like and three protein-like. Sea water was largely governed by humic-like fluorescence. In sea ice, protein-like fluorescence was found in considerable excess relative to sea water. The accumulation of protein-like CDOM fluorescence in sea ice is likely a result of biological activity within the ice. Nevertheless, sea ice does not contribute excess CDOM during melt, but the material released will be of different composition than that present in the underlying waters. Thus, at least transiently, the CDOM introduced during sea-ice melt might provide a more labile source of fresher protein-like DOM to surface waters in the southern Sea of Okhotsk.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 2365-2381
Author(s):  
Zachary T. Kralles ◽  
Kaoru Ikuma ◽  
Ning Dai

Peracetic acid pre-oxidation of algal impacted waters can reduce formation of trihalomethanes but promote formation of haloacetonitriles, due to the degradation of dissolved organic matter and coincident release of intracellular organic matter.


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