447
Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters
Table 2 (contniued)
(contniued)
Fluorescent components
Components identified and sources
Fluorescence properties
References
Peak C-region
Peak A-region Peak T-region Peak T
UV -region
Peak C
Peak M
p
Peak M
Peak W
Major
Minor
EX/Em (nm)
Fulvic acid (C-like), Occoquan
Watershed (Northern
Virginia, US) RU
Component 1,
allochthonous
350/456
–
–
–
240/456
–
–
–
Holbrook et al. (2006)
Fulvic acid (C-like),
Nishi-Mataya and HigashiMataya upstreams, Japan
Component 1
330–335/
460–463
–
–
–
250–255/
460–463
–
–
–
Mostofa et al. (2005b) c
Fuvic Acid (C-like), Yasu
River, Lake Biwa
watershed, Japan
Component 1
–
310/464
–
–
250/464
–
–
–
Mostofa et al. (2005b) c
Fuvic Acid (C-like), 3 Rivers
(Ane, Echi and Amano),
Lake Biwa watershed, Japan
Component 1
330–335/
455–462
–
–
–
255/455–462 –
–
–
Mostofa et al. (2005b) c
Fulvic acid (C-like), Lake
Biwa, epilimnion (0–20 m),
during summer period
Component 1,
allochthonous
–
295–310/
449–450
–
–
250–255/
449–450
–
–
–
Mostofa et al. (2005b) c
Fuvic acid (C-like), Lake Biwa,
epilimnion (0–20 m),
during winter period
Component 1,
allochthonous
–
310/443
–
–
255–260/
443
–
–
–
Mostofa et al. (2005b) c
Fulvic Acid (C-like), Lake Biwa,
hypolimnion (40–80 m),
during summer period
Component 1,
allochthonous
–
300–305/
444–461
–
–
255–260/
444–461
–
–
–
Mostofa et al. (2005b) c
Fulvic acid (C-like), Lake
Biwa, epilimnion (40–80 m),
during winter period
Component 1,
allochthonous
–
305–310/
450–464
–
–
255–260/
450–464
–
–
–
Mostofa et al. (2005b) c
Fulvic acid (C-like)?, Urdaibai
and Foz Estuaries, Iberian
Peninsula
Component 1,
allochthonous
305/439
–
–
–
260/439
–
–
–
Santín et al. (2009)