Photochemically Induced Changes of Dissolved Organic Matter in a Humic-Rich and Forested Stream

Wilske, Cornelia; Herzsprung, Peter; Lechtenfeld, Oliver J.; Kamjunke, Norbert; Tümpling, Wolf von

doi:10.3390/w12020331

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“…The lower HIX values in the raised WT treatment, regardless of flooding history, suggest less accumulation of the products of peat mineralization. Lower HIX is consistent with the increased Sr (Chen et al, 2011) observed at the raised WT treatment, and could also be reflecting increased photodegradation of the DOM as opposed to biological degradation of the DOM (Helms et al, 2008;Wilske et al, 2020). Increased photodegradation would be facilitated by the water table being at or slightly above the peat surface in the raised WT treatment.…”

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Consequences of Increased Variation in Peatland Hydrology for Carbon Storage: Legacy Effects of Drought and Flood in a Boreal Fen Ecosystem

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Globally important carbon (C) stores in boreal peatlands are vulnerable to altered hydrology through changes in precipitation and runoff patterns, groundwater inputs, and a changing cryosphere. These changes can affect the extent of boreal wetlands and their ability to sequester and transform C and other nutrients. Variation in precipitation patterns has also been increasing, with greater occurrences of both flooding and drought periods. Recent work has pointed to the increasing role of algal production in regulating C cycling during flooded periods in fen peatlands, but exactly how this affects the C sink-strength of these ecosystems is poorly understood. We evaluated temporal trends in algal biomass, ecosystem C uptake and respiration (using static and floating chamber techniques), and spectroscopic indicators of DOM quality (absorbance and fluorescence) in a boreal rich-fen peatland in which water table position had been experimentally manipulated for 13 years. Superimposed on the water table treatments were natural variations in hydrology, including periods of flooding, which allowed us to examine the legacy effects of flooding on C cycling dynamics. We had a particular focus on understanding the role of algae in regulating C cycling, as the relative contribution of algal production was observed to significantly increase with flooding. Ecosystem measures of gross primary production (GPP) increased with algal biomass, with higher algal biomass and GPP measured in the lowered water table treatment two years after persistent flooding. Prior to flooding the lowered treatment was the weakest C sink (as CO2), but this treatment became the strongest sink after flooding. The lower degree of humification (lower humification index, HIX) and yet lower bioavailability (higher spectral slope ratio, Sr) of DOM observed in the raised treatment prior to flooding persisted after two years of flooding. An index of free or bound proteins (tyrosine index, TI) increased with algal biomass across all plots during flooding, and was lowest in the raised treatment. As such, antecedent drainage conditions determined the sink-strength of this rich fen—which was also reflected in DOM characteristics. These findings indicate that monitoring flooding history and its effects on algal production could become important to estimates of C balance in northern wetlands.

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confidence: 64%

Consequences of Increased Variation in Peatland Hydrology for Carbon Storage: Legacy Effects of Drought and Flood in a Boreal Fen Ecosystem

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“…This might explain increasing numbers of lignin-like molecules along flow paths. In surface water, photodegradation possibly attenuates photosensitive TrOCs like gabapentin 17 or diclofenac 16 and DOM compounds 38 . During our sampling campaign, gabapentin and diclofenac did not decrease in surface water.…”

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Simultaneous attenuation of trace organics and change in organic matter composition in the hyporheic zone of urban streams

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Danczak

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Trace organic compounds (TrOCs) enter rivers with discharge of treated wastewater. These effluents can contain high loads of dissolved organic matter (DOM). In a 48 h field study, we investigated changes in molecular composition of seven DOM compound classes (FTICR-MS) and attenuation of 17 polar TrOCs in a small urban stream receiving treated wastewater. Correlations between TrOCs and DOM were used to identify simultaneous changes in surface water and the hyporheic zone. Changes in TrOC concentrations in surface water ranged between a decrease of 29.2% for methylbenzotriazole and an increase of 152.2% for the transformation product gabapentin-lactam. In the hyporheic zone, only decreasing TrOC concentrations were observed, ranging from 4.9% for primidone to 93.8% for venlafaxine . TrOC attenuation coincided with a decline of molecular diversity of easily biodegradable DOM compound classes while molecular diversity of poorly biodegradable DOM compound classes increased. This concurrence indicates similar or linked attenuation pathways for biodegradable DOM and TrOCs. Strong correlations between TrOCs and DOM compound classes as well as high attenuation of TrOCs primarily occurred in the hyporheic zone. This suggests high potential for DOM turnover and TrOC mitigation in rivers if hyporheic exchange is sufficient.

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“…Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is the largest pool of organic matter in the sea and it plays an important role in carbon biogeochemical cycles of aquatic environments. DOM is composed of a series of organic compounds resulting from the release of bacteria, phytoplankton and macrophytes and their continuous transformation through photochemical and microbial processes [ 5 ]. Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) is the primary DOM in aquatic environments, and it is one of the major determinants of optical descriptors of natural waters and can affect the availability and spectral quality of DOM in the water [ 6 ].…”

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The Optical Characterization and Distribution of Dissolved Organic Matter in Water Regimes of Qilian Mountains Watershed

Xiao

Chen

Zhang

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The constituents and content of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the Qilian Mountain watershed were characterized with a spectroscopic technique, especially 3-DEEM fluorescence assisted by parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis. The level of DOM in the surrounding area of Qinghai lake (thereafter the lake in this article specifically refers to Qinghai Lake)was highest at 9.45 mg C·L−1 and about 3 times less (3.09 mg C·L−1) in a cropland aquatic regime (the lowest value). In general, DOM was freshly autochthonously generated by plankton and plant debris, microorganisms and diagenetic effects in the aquatic environment (FI > 1.8). Component 1 (humic acid-like) and 3 (fulvic acid-like) determined the humification degree of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM). The spatial variation of sulfate and nitrate in the surrounding water regime of the lake revealed that organic molecules were mainly influenced by bacterial mediation. Mineral disintegration was an important and necessary process for fluorescent fraction formation in the cropland water regime. Exceptionally, organic moiety in the unused land area was affected by anespecially aridclimate in addition to microbial metabolic experience. Salinity became the critical factor determining the distribution of DOM, and the total normalized fluorescent intensity and CDOM level were lower in low-salinity circumstances (0.2–0.5 g·L−1) with 32.06 QSU and 1.38 m−1 in the grassland area, and higher salinity (0.6~0.8 g·L−1) resulted in abnormally high fluorescence of 150.62 QSU and absorption of 7.83 m−1 in the cropland water regime. Climatic conditions and microbial reactivity controlled by salinity were found to induce the above results. Our findings demonstrated that autochthonous inputs regulated DOM dynamics in the Qilian Mountains watershed of high altitude.

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Photochemically Induced Changes of Dissolved Organic Matter in a Humic-Rich and Forested Stream

Cited by 39 publications

References 79 publications

Consequences of Increased Variation in Peatland Hydrology for Carbon Storage: Legacy Effects of Drought and Flood in a Boreal Fen Ecosystem

Consequences of Increased Variation in Peatland Hydrology for Carbon Storage: Legacy Effects of Drought and Flood in a Boreal Fen Ecosystem

Simultaneous attenuation of trace organics and change in organic matter composition in the hyporheic zone of urban streams

The Optical Characterization and Distribution of Dissolved Organic Matter in Water Regimes of Qilian Mountains Watershed

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