Linking Optical and Chemical Properties of Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters

• Main Author: Thomas S. Bianchi (auth)
• Other Authors: Christopher L. Osburn (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Chemistry; CDOM; dissolved organic matter; Absorbance; fluorescence; biomarkers; Stable isotopes; Mass Spectrometry; dissolved organic carbon
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

A substantial increase in the number of studies using the optical properties (absorbance and fluorescence) of dissolved organic matter (DOM) as a proxy for its chemical properties in estuaries and the coastal and open ocean has occurred during the last decade. We are making progress on finding the a...