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Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters
Study sites
Country/
Length/
DOC
Reference
latitudes
watershed area a
Surface (Depth) c
Deeper (Depth) b
km or (km 2
) a
(μM C)
Thames River
UK
~346 (14,000)
483
–
Abril et al. (2002)
Elbe River
Czech Republic,
Germany
~1091 (145,800)
342–383
–
Elbe (1997), Abril et al.
(2002)
Ems River
Germany, Netherlands
~371 (9,000)
567–675
–
Cadée (1987), Abril et al.
(2002)
Sado River
Portugal
~175 (7,600)
558
–
Abril et al. (2002)
Douro River
Portugal, Spain
~897 (115,320)
208
–
Abril et al. (2002)
Loire River
France
~1012 (115,000)
325
–
Meybeck et al. (1988), Abril
et al. (2002)
Tagliamento River, Italy
46ºN
~178 (2,900)
32–95
–
Kaiser et al. (2004)
Vistula River (Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia) –
~1000 (194,000)
397–653
–
Guéguen et al. (2002)
Fuirosos, downstream rivers (summer season)
Spain
–
417–2750
–
Vazquez et al. (2011)
Ebro River, NE Iberian Peninsula
Spain
~900 (80, 000)
183–195
–
Romani et al. (2004)
Öre River catchement, boreal watershed,
in northern Sweden
Sweden
(2,940)
600–1558
–
Bertilsson et al. (1999)
Latin America
Upstreams and Rivers
Brazil
242–7500
–
Daniel et al. (2002)
Paraná River, Argentina
Argentina, Brazil,
Paraguay
~4800 (2,582,000) 108–458
–
Depetris and Kempe (1993)
Amazon River, Brazil
Brazil, Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru
~6800 (6,300,000) 235–1000
–
Raymond and Bauer
(2001b), Richey et al.
(1990)
North America
Hudson River (New York, and New Jersey)
USA
507 (21,000)
196
–
Raymond and Bauer
(2001b)
York River (Virginia)
USA
55 (4350)
390–701
–
Raymond and Bauer
(2001b)
(continued)
Table 2 (continued)