Importance of within-lake processes in affecting the dynamics of dissolved  organic carbon and dissolved organic and inorganic nitrogen in an Adirondack  forested lake/watershed

Kang, Phil-Goo; Mitchell, Myron J.; McHale, Patrick J.; Driscoll, Charles T.; Inamdar, Shreeram; Park, Ji-Hyung

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2787-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2787-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2787-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Research article

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11 May 2016

Research article |

| 11 May 2016

Importance of within-lake processes in affecting the dynamics of dissolved organic carbon and dissolved organic and inorganic nitrogen in an Adirondack forested lake/watershed

Phil-Goo Kang, Myron J. Mitchell, Patrick J. McHale, Charles T. Driscoll, Shreeram Inamdar, and Ji-Hyung Park

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RC C8476: 'reviewer comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Dec 2015
RC C8651: 'Revision', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Dec 2015
AC C9513: 'Responses to Referee#1 comments', Phil-Goo Kang, 01 Feb 2016
AC C9520: 'Responses to Referee#2 comments', Phil-Goo Kang, 01 Feb 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Feb 2016) by Brian A. Pellerin

AR by Phil-Goo Kang on behalf of the Authors (11 Mar 2016)

ED: Publish as is (23 Mar 2016) by Brian A. Pellerin

AR by Phil-Goo Kang on behalf of the Authors (24 Mar 2016)

Short summary

Lakes play important roles in controlling organic matter derived from watersheds and within-lake production. The organic matter is normally measured by elemental quantities, such as carbon(C) and nitrogen(N), because the two elements are essential for aquatic ecosystems. We observed an decrease of C, but an increase of N in organic matters in a lake. The reason of the different pattern might be that inorganic N in the lake appeared to be recycled to produce organic N due to within-lake processes.