Articles | Volume 19, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2841-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2841-2022
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10 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 10 Jun 2022

Dissolved organic matter signatures in urban surface waters: spatio-temporal patterns and drivers

Clara Romero González-Quijano, Sonia Herrero Ortega, Peter Casper, Mark O. Gessner, and Gabriel A. Singer

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Dissolved organic matter signatures from urban surface waters: spatio-temporal patterns and its drivers Clara Romero, Sonia Herrero Ortega, Mark Gessner, Peter Casper, and Gabriel Singer https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6563595

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Despite today's diversity of methods to measure dissolved organic matter (DOM), its potential to give ecological information about urban surface waters has been underused. We found DOM from urban lakes and ponds to differ greatly from that of urban streams and rivers in composition as well as temporal turnover. Urban land use (the percentage of green space), nutrient supply and point source pollution were the principal drivers of DOM. We suggest including DOM composition in regular monitoring.
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