Chemical characterization and composition of dissolved organic matter in Jiaozhou Bay |
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Authors: | ZHANG Yanping YANG Guipeng CHEN Yan |
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Institution: | Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and ChemicalEngineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China |
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Abstract: | Biologically utilizable dissolved organic compounds, including dissolved organic carbon (DOC), dissolved carbohydrates (DCHO)
and dissolved free amino acids (DFAA) were analyzed in filtered surface seawater samples collected at 19 stations in Jiaozhou
Bay, China, on June 3, 2007. In these samples, concentrations of DOC, dissolved free carbohydrates (DFCHO), dissolved combined
carbohydrates (DCCHO), total dissolved carbohydrates (TDCHO) and total dissolved free amino acids (TDFAA) ranged from 141.7
to 191.1 μmol C/L, 1.98 to 18.18 μmol C/L, 5.04 to 24.90 μmol C/L, 14.52 to 30.36 μmol C/L, and 1.83 to 11.89 μmol C/L, respectively.
As a major component of the dissolved carbohydrates, the concentrations of DCCHO were about three times higher than those
of DFCHO. Three major constituents of the DFAA were threonine (23.0±5.7 mol%), glutamic acid (16.6±3.2 mol%) and arginine
(9.1±3.3 mol%). Based on the composition of DFAA, a molar C:N ratio of 3.60±0.75 in DFAA was derived, indicating longer carbon
chains in the amino acids. DCCHO (8.1%) was the most abundant fraction of DOM in most samples, followed by DFCHO (4.8%) and
TDFAA (2.7%). These DOM concentrations displayed a decreasing trend from the coast to the central region. Significant correlations
were found between the DCCHO and DFCHO concentrations (r=-0.724, n=19, P<0.001) and the DCCHO and TDCHO concentrations (r=0.506, n=19, P=0.027). |
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Keywords: | dissolved organic carbon carbohydrates amino acids seawater Jiaozhou Bay |
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