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Distribution, seasonality, and fluxes of dissolved organic matter in the Pearl River (Zhujiang) estuary, China
Yang Li
College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Tianjin University of
Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
Guisheng Song
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University,
Tianjin, 300072, China
Philippe Massicotte
Takuvik Joint International Laboratory (UMI 3376) Université
Laval (Canada) & Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France),
Université Laval, Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada
Fangming Yang
School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University,
Tianjin, 300072, China
Ruihuan Li
State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou, 510301,
China
Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du
Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, G5L 3A1, Canada
College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Tianjin University of
Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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We surveyed the spatial and seasonal variations and estimated the seaward export of DOM in the of Pearl River estuary (PRE), China. The concentration of DOM in this estuary decreases from land to sea but the change in its chemical character is marginal. The concentration and export of DOM are the lowest among the world's major rivers. Yet DOM delivered from the PRE is protein-rich and can be readily used by microbes, thereby exerting a potentially important impact on the local marine ecosystem.
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