期刊
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
卷 540, 期 -, 页码 538-548出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.06.004
关键词
Dissolved organic matter (DOM); Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Fluorescence; UV-Vis spectroscopy; Parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC); Biodegradable DOC (BDOC)
资金
- Basic Science Research Program, through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology [2011-0024706]
- Korea Forest Service [500-20120415]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2011-0024706] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
The spatial and hydrological dynamics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) composition and biodegradability were investigated for the five largest rivers in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) during the years 2012-2013 using incubation experiments and spectroscopic measurements, which included parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC). The lower reaches of the five rivers were selected as windows showing the integrated effects of basin biogeochemistry of different land use under Asian monsoon climates, providing an insight on consistency of DOM dynamics across multiple sites which could be difficult to obtain from a study on an individual river. The mean dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations of the five rivers were relatively low, ranging from 1.4 to 3.4 mg L-1, due to the high slope and low percentage of wetland cover in the basin. Terrestrial humic- and fulvic-like components were dominant in all the rivers except for one, where protein-like compounds were up to similar to 80%. However, terrestrial components became dominant in all five of the rivers after high precipitation during the summer monsoon season, indicating the strong role of hydrology on riverine DOM compositions for the basins under Asian monsoon climates. Considering that 64% of South Korea is forested, our results suggest that the forests could be a large source of riverine DOM, elevating the DOM loads during monsoon rainfall. Although more DOM was degraded when DOM input increased, regardless of its sources, the percent biodegradability was reduced with increased proportions of terrestrially derived aromatic compounds. The shift in DOM quality towards higher percentages of aromatic terrestrial compounds may alter the balance of the carbon cycle of coastal ecosystems by changing microbial metabolic processes if climate extremes such as heavy storms and typhoons become more frequent due to climate change. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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