Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters

Khan M.G. Mostofa, Cong qiang Liu, M. Abdul Mottaleb, Guojiang Wan, Hiroshi Ogawa, Davide Vione, Takahito Yoshioka, Fengchang Wu

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7 Scopus citations

Abstract

Organic matter (OM) in water is composed of two major fractions: dissolved and non-dissolved, defined on the basis of the isolation technique using filters (0.1–0.7 μm). Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is the fraction of organic substances that passes the filter, while particulate organic matter (POM) remains on the filter.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEnvironmental Science and Engineering
Pages1-137
Number of pages137
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Publication series

NameEnvironmental Science and Engineering
ISSN (Print)1863-5520
ISSN (Electronic)1863-5539

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Keywords

  • Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM)
  • Fluorescent DOM (FDOM)
  • Mostofi
  • Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR)
  • Phytoplankton Origin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Information Systems

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