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E Rochelle-Newall1, F D Hulot, J L Janeau, A Merroune.
Abstract
Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) fluorescence or absorption is often proposed as a rapid alternative to chemical methods for the estimation of bulk dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration in natural waters. However, the robustness of this method across a wide range of systems remains to be shown. We measured CDOM fluorescence and DOC concentration in four tropical freshwater and coastal environments (estuary and coastal, tropical shallow lakes, water from the freshwater lens of two small islands, and soil leachates). We found that although this method can provide an estimation of DOC concentration in sites with low variability in DOC and CDOM sources in systems where the variability of DOC and CDOM sources are high, this method should not be used as it will lead to errors in the estimation of the bulk DOC concentration.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 24072524 DOI： 10.1007/s10661-013-3401-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Environ Monit Assess ISSN： 0167-6369 Impact factor: 2.513