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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)
Rappahannock River, Virginia
USA
314
125
–
Spiker (1981)
James River, Virginia
USA
560
167
–
Spiker (1981)
Missouri River; Ohio River
USA
~3700 (1,371,000);
1570 (490,000)
283–308
–
McKnight et al. (2001)
Mississippi River; and Atchafalaya River
28–29ºN
~3734 (3,267,000);
220 (7,600)
275–446
–
Wang et al. (2004)
Delaware, Eel, and Mississippi River
USA
~480 (36,500); 300
(9,500); -
214, 80, 181
–
Repeta et al. (2002)
3 Rivers (Shark, Broad and Caloosahatchee)
25–26ºN
–
170–1178
–
Zanardi-Lamardo et al.
(2004)
2 Rivers (Flathead and Kootenai), Montana (n
= 2) Canada, USA
~250 (22,700); 780
(50,000)
40–667
–
Perry and Perry (1991)
Yukon River
Canada, Alaska
~3185 (800,000)
508–2835
–
Guéguen et al. (2006)
Rivers, South-central Ontario
Canada
–
258–900
–
Wu et al. (2005)
Mackenzie River, Arctic region
Canada
~1700 (1,810)
312–576
–
Osburn et al. (2009)
Lakes, Wetlands and Swamps: Asia
Lake Biwa, Japan
30–35ºN
(3,174)
88–183 (2.5–20 m)76–101
(40–80 m)
Mostofa et al. (2005a),
Sugiyama et al. (2004)
Lake Ashino, Japan (A1 and A2)
Japan
–
99–111 (0–10 m) 74–84 (30–38 m) Sugiyama et al. (2004)
Lake Ikeda, Japan ((I1 and I2)
Japan
–
101–112 (0–10 m) 55–56 (200–
233 m)
Sugiyama et al. (2004)
Lake Suwa, Japan (Center)
Japan
–
142–216 (0
m)
–
Sugiyama et al. (2004)
Lake Inawashiro, Japan
Japan
–
42–47 (0–10
m) 26 (70 m)
Sugiyama et al. (2004)
Lake Hongfeng & Lake Baihua, China
26ºN
–
169–330 (0–8 m) 161–194
(20–25 m)
Fu et al. (2010)
Lakes, China (n
= 3)
24–25ºN
–
98–614
105–123
(30–50 m)
Sugiyama et al. (2004)
(continued)
Table
2 (continued)