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Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters
Samples
Contribution % of molecular size distribution of DOM
References
<1 kDa <3–3.5 kDa
<5 kDa <10–12 kDa
<30 kDa
<0.1
μ m
<0.2–0.45
μ m
or 0.1-GF/F
Gulf of Mexico
47–66
–
–
–
–
–
34–53
Santschi et al. (1995)
Gulf of Mexico
55
–
–
35
–
–
10
Guo et al. (1994)
Open Ocean deep water
(off Hawaii: ~600 m deep)
85
–
–
–
–
–
15
Mopper et al. (1996)
North Pacific Ocean,
subarctic region (8–59 m)
49–62
–
–
26–33
10–19
–
Midorikawa and
Tanoue (1998)
Open North Pacific Ocean
(22°45′N, 158°00′W)
67–78
–
–
–
–
–
22–33
Benner et al. (1992)
North Atlantic surface waters
50–70
–
–
–
–
–
34
Carlson et al. (1985)
Northwestern Pacific Ocean
surface and deep waters
–
–
–
–
–
–
85 (>1.8 kDa)
Sugimura and
Suzuki (1988)
North Pacific Ocean:
deep waters
65
–
–
–
–
–
–
Guo and
Santschi (1996)
North Pacific Ocean:
deep waters
57
–
–
–
–
–
–
Buesseler et al. (1996)
Table
1 (continued)