Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence: Fluorescence and Dissolved Organic Matter
Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence: Fluorescence and Dissolved Organic Matter
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水生有机物荧光:荧光和溶解有机物
DOI:
10.1017/cbo9781139045452.005
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发表时间:
2014
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影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
G. Aiken
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作者:
G. Aiken
The importance of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in aquatic systems has been clearly recognized during the past 30 years. The compounds that comprise DOM in aqueous systems often control ecological processes by influencing pH, serving as substrates for microbially mediated reactions (Tranvik, 1998; Findlay, 2003), controlling the depth of the photic zone (Wetzel, 2001), and influencing the availability of nutrients (Qualls and Richardson, 2003). DOM also exerts strong chemical controls on geochemical (Hoch et al., 2000; Waples et al., 2005) and photochemical (Moran and Covert, 2003; Stubbins et al., 2008) reactions, and interacts strongly with trace metals (Perdue, 1998; Haitzer et al., 2002) and organic pollutants (Chin, 2003), enhancing their apparent solubility and transport. In addition, DOM is a constituent of concern in drinking water supplies through the formation of disinfection byproducts during the treatment process (Singer, 1994; Kraus et al., 2008), and is an important class of compounds comprising wastewaters (Baker, 2001; Westerhoff et al., 2001). The study of the nature and environmental significance of organic matter in natural waters is hindered by its inherent chemical complexity, which poses a number of analytical problems (Aiken and Leenheer, 1993). A continuing need, therefore, is the development of analytical approaches that provide relevant data defining both its composition and, thus, reactivity. DOM optical properties, such as ultraviolet (UV)-visible spectroscopy, the spectral slope parameter, specific UV absorbance (SUVA254), and fluorescence spectroscopy, have been shown to be useful in a number of disciplines in the water sciences for studying and monitoring both the concentration and nature of DOM in aquatic systems (Weishaar et al., 2003; Helms et al., 2008; Spencer et al., 2009). Utilizing optical data is an attractive approach for studying DOM because data collection is easy and straightforward, the data provide information about both the concentration and composition of DOM (Weishaar et al., 2003; Spencer et al., 2009), and detector systems can be employed for a variety of process-based studies and separation techniques to study DOM composition. In addition, optical data can be obtained in situ, allowing for the collection of high-frequency environmental data in real time that can be used to understand better the source influences and processing occurring within the system on the chemistry and export of DOM (Downing et al., 2009; Saraceno et al., 2009).