Chapter 11 Dissolved Organic Matter

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Chapter 11 Dissolved Organic Matter

• John Newberry

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Amount of DOM

• Headwater streams
• Other types

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DOM Composition

• Dissolved Organic Carbon
• Nitrogen and Phosphorous
• Humic material
• Monomers

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DOM origins

• Within stream
• External sources

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Soils

• Poorly drained
• Land cover and DOM yield