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Photoinduced and Microbial Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide
Table 2 Production rates of H
2 O
2 reported from natural waters, and standard fluorescent dissolved organic substances
Type of samples/substances
Source of light/
wavelength (nm)
Production
rate of
References
H
2 O
2 (nM h
−1 )
DOC (μM C)
Rivers
Upstream waters (Ohta River,
OR1 & OR2: Aug), Japan
Xe lamp a
400–768
88–101
Mostofa and Sakugawa (2009)
and Mostofa KMG and
Sakugawa H (unpublished)
Upstream waters (Kurose River, KR1: May),
Japan
Xe lamp a
342
111
Mostofa and Sakugawa (2009)
and Mostofa KMG and
Sakugawa H (unpublished)
Upstream waters (Kurose River,
KR1: Aug), Japan
Xe lamp a
903
152
Mostofa and Sakugawa (2009)
and Mostofa KMG and
Sakugawa H (unpublished)
Upstream waters (Kurose River,
KR2: May), Japan
Xe lamp a
723
134
Mostofa and Sakugawa (2009)
and Mostofa KMG and
Sakugawa H (unpublished)
Upstream waters (Kurose River,
KR2: Aug), Japan
Xe lamp a
761
106
Mostofa and Sakugawa (2009)
and Mostofa KMG and
Sakugawa H (unpublished)
Surface stream, Water of Leith,
New Zealand
Full solar spectrum
245–444
–
Richard et al. (2007)
Ohta River (midstreams waters,
OR3 & OR4: Aug), Japan
Xe lamp a
390–485
112–116
Mostofa and Sakugawa (2009)
and Mostofa KMG and
Sakugawa H (unpublished)
Ohta River (downstream waters,
OR5 & OR6: Aug), Japan
Xe lamp a
427–468
115–124
Mostofa and Sakugawa (2009)
and Mostofa KMG and
Sakugawa H (unpublished)
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