Solid-phase extractions marine organic matter

After several decades of research, fundamental aspects of the chemical composition and structure of marine organic matter remain elusive. Advances in the chemical characterization of marine organic matter are, in large part, dependent on the development of quantitative methods for its concentration and isolation from seawater. Each of the major methods currently used for the isolation of marine DOM recovers around one-third of the DOM in seawater (solid-phase extractions, using XAD resins or C18 adsorbents, and ultrafiltration). A coupled reverse osmosis-electrodi-alysis method has recently been used to recover an average of 75% 12% of marine DOM from 16 seawater samples however, the method has emerged too recently to have been well tested at this time. 

Simjouw, J-P., Minor, E. C., and Mopper, K. (2005). Isolation and characterization of estuarine dissolved organic matter Comparison of ultrafiltration and Cig solid-phase extraction techniques. Marine Chemistry 96(3—4), 219—235. 

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