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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-457-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-457-2018
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Research article
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24 Jan 2018
Research article |
| 24 Jan 2018
| 24 Jan 2018
Quality transformation of dissolved organic carbon during water transit through lakes: contrasting controls by photochemical and biological processes
Martin Berggren
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund
University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
Marcus Klaus
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University,
90187, Umeå, Sweden
Balathandayuthabani Panneer Selvam
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund
University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
Lena Ström
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund
University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden
Hjalmar Laudon
Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, 90183, Umeå, Sweden
Mats Jansson
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University,
90187, Umeå, Sweden
Jan Karlsson
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University,
90187, Umeå, Sweden
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The quality of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), especially its color, is a defining feature of freshwater ecosystems. We found that colored DOC fractions are surprisingly resistant to natural degradation during water transit through many brown-water lakes. This is explained by the dominance of microbial processes that appear to selectively remove noncolored DOC. However, in lakes where sunlight degradation plays a relatively larger role, significant DOC bleaching occurs.
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