Colored dissolved organic matter CDOM

Keith, D.J., Yoder, J.A., and Freeman, S.A. (2002) Spatial and temporal distribution of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Implications for phytoplankton in coastal waters. Estuar. Coastal Shelf Sci. 55, 705-717. 

Figure 4 Correlations of with (a) surfactant concentration, (b) in situ chlorophyll fluorescence, (c) dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and (d) colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) for seawater samples collected from Monterey Bay, USA ( ) and on a transect from Narragansett USA to Bermuda ( ) (Frew, 1997) (reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press from The Sea Surface and Global Change, 1997, pp. 121-172).

Figure 8.1. Schematic of the overlap between dissolved organic matter (DOM), colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), and fluorescent dissolved organic matter (FDOM).

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