Aquatic ecosystems
; Biogeochemistry
; Biological materials
; Carbon
; Catchments
; Ecology
; Lakes
; Organic carbon
; Organic compounds
; Photobleaching
; Regression analysis
; Rivers
; Water absorption
; Biogeochemical cycle
; Chromophoric dissolved organic matter
; Dissolved organic carbon
; Fresh water lakes
; Remotely sensed imagery
; Rivers and streams
; Urban water bodies
; Water residence time
; Saline water
; aquatic ecosystem
; arid region
; biogeochemical cycle
; dissolved organic carbon
; dissolved organic matter
; ice cover
; lacustrine environment
; lake water
; river basin
; saline lake
; semiarid region
; stream
; wetland
; China
英文摘要:
Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) plays a vital role in the biogeochemical cycle in aquatic ecosystems. The relationship between CDOM and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) has been investigated, and this significant relationship lays the foundation for the estimation of DOC using remotely sensed imagery data. The current study examined samples from freshwater lakes, saline lakes, rivers and streams, urban water bodies, and ice-covered lakes in China for tracking the variation of the relationships between DOC and CDOM. The regression model slopes for DOC vs. aCDOM (275) ranged from extremely low 0.33 (highly saline lakes) to 1.03 (urban waters) and 3.01 (river waters). The low values were observed in saline lake waters and waters from semi-Arid or arid regions, where strong photobleaching is expected due to less cloud cover, longer water residence time, and daylight hours. In contrast, high values were found in waters developed in wetlands or forest in Northeast China, where more organic matter was transported from catchment to waters. The study also demonstrated that closer relationships between CDOM and DOC were revealed when aCDOM (275) were sorted by the ratio of aCDOM.250/=aCDOM (365), which is a measure for the CDOM absorption with respect to its composition, and the determination of coefficient of the regression models ranged from 0.79 to 0.98 for different groups of waters. Our results indicate the relationships between CDOM and DOC are variable for different inland waters; thus, models for DOC estimation through linking with CDOM absorption need to be tailored according to water types.
Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS, Changchun, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Recommended Citation:
Song K,, Zhao Y,, Wen Z,et al. A systematic examination of the relationships between CDOM and DOC in inland waters in China[J]. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,2017-01-01,21(10)