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Dadi, T.* ; Harir, M. ; Hertkorn, N. ; Koschorreck, M.* ; Schmitt-Kopplin, P. ; Herzsprung, P.*

Redox conditions affect dissolved organic carbon quality in stratified freshwaters.

Environ. Sci. Technol. 51, 13705-13713 (2017)
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The quality of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) affects both carbon cycling in surface waters and drinking water production. Not much is known about the influence of environmental conditions on DOC quality. We studied the effect of redox conditions on the chemical composition of DOC in a drinking water reservoir by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry in combination with sediment core incubation experiments under manipulated redox conditions. We observed clear differences in DOC quality among oxic epilimnion, anoxic hypolimnion, and sediment porewater. Sediment porewater showed relatively high intensities of polyphenol-like components with H/C ratios of < 1 and O/C ratios of > 0.6. Consistent with this, anoxic incubation of a sediment core resulted in an accumulation of these components in the overlying water. The observed pattern of DOC quality change can be explained by redox-dependent adsorption/desorption of DOC on iron minerals. Under oxic conditions, the polyphenol-like components bind on freshly formed iron hydroxides, a process that affects both DOC stability in surface waters and treatability during drinking water production.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Ft-icr-ms; Molecular Formula Assignment; Rappbode Reservoir System; Solid-phase Extraction; Mass-spectrometry Data; Similar Pre-dams; Matter Dom; Lake Sediment; Optical-properties; Iron
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0013-936X
e-ISSN 1520-5851
Journal Environmental Science & Technology
Quellenangaben Volume: 51, Issue: 23, Pages: 13705-13713 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher American Chemical Society (ACS)
Publishing Place Washington, DC
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Research Unit BioGeoChemistry and Analytics (BGC)