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Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters
(continued)
Table 2 (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)
Protein-like, north Pacific and
Atlantic oceans (BWE7
model)
Component 6,
autochthonous
–
–
–
–
–
280/328
Peak′
–
Murphy et al. (2008)
Protein-like, north Pacific and
Atlantic oceans (BWE7
model)
Component 7,
autochthonous
–
–
–
–
–
300/338
240/338
–
Murphy et al. (2008)
Protein-like?, glacial ice
samples, Antarctic and
Arctic Ocean
Component 5,
autochthonous
–
–
–
–
–
275/320
–
–
Dubnick et al. (2010)
Aromatic amino acids
Tryptophan-like, soil and
stream waters, temperate
rainforest watersheds
Allochthonous
–
–
–
–
–
280/
330–340
Peak̒
–
Fellman et al. (2009)
Tryptophan-like, Yasu River,
Lake Biwa watershed,
Japan
Component 2,
autochthonous
–
–
–
–
–
280/344
230/344
–
Mostofa et al. (2005a)
Tryptophan-like, Occoquan
Watershed (Northern
Virginia, US)
Component 3,
autochthonous
–
–
–
–
–
280/340
230/340
–
Holbrook et al. (2006)
Tryptophan-like, soil solution
samples, forest and wetland
soils, rainforest watersheds
Allochthonous
–
–
–
–
–
280/330–340 Peak̒
–
Fellman et al. (2008)
Tryptophan-like, Nanming
River, China
Anthropogenic
sources
–
–
–
–
–
275–280/
333–351
225–235/
338–351
–
Mostofa et al. (2010)
Tryptophan-like, urban sewerage samples RU
Component 1
–
–
–
–
–
275/339
220/339
–
Guo et al. (2010)