Journal
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 70, Issue 1, Pages 73-81Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.03.005
Keywords
Chromophoric dissolved organic matter; Po river; Northern Adriatic; Estuary
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The light absorbing fraction of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), known as chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) showed wide seasonal variations in the temperate estuarine zone in front of the Po River mouth. DOC concentrations increased from winter through spring mainly as a seasonal response to increasing phytoplankton production and thermohaline stratification. The monthly dependence of the CDOM light absorption by salinity and chlorophyll a concentrations was explored In 2003, neither DOC nor CDOM were linearly correlated with salinity, due to an exceptionally low Po river inflow Though the CDOM absorbance coefficients showed a higher content of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in 2004 with respect to 2003. the spectroscopic features confirmed that the qualitative nature of CDOM was quite similar in both years CDOM and DOC underwent a conservative mixing. only after relevant Po river freshets, and a change in optical features with an increase of the specific absorption coefficient was observed, suggesting a prevailing terrestrial origin of dissolved organic matter. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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