Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-457-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-457-2018
Research article
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24 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 24 Jan 2018

Quality transformation of dissolved organic carbon during water transit through lakes: contrasting controls by photochemical and biological processes

Martin Berggren, Marcus Klaus, Balathandayuthabani Panneer Selvam, Lena Ström, Hjalmar Laudon, Mats Jansson, and Jan Karlsson

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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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