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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5251-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5251-2022
Research article
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18 Nov 2022
Research article |  | 18 Nov 2022

Spatio-temporal distribution, photoreactivity and environmental control of dissolved organic matter in the sea-surface microlayer of the eastern marginal seas of China

Lin Yang, Jing Zhang, Anja Engel, and Gui-Peng Yang

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Enrichment factors of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the eastern marginal seas of China exhibited a significant spatio-temporal variation. Photochemical and enrichment processes co-regulated DOM enrichment in the sea-surface microlayer (SML). Autochthonous DOM was more frequently enriched in the SML than terrestrial DOM. DOM in the sub-surface water exhibited higher aromaticity than that in the SML.
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