51
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)
Lakes (n
= 177), Montane Cordillera
Canada
–
125–1025
(median)
–
Molot et al. (2004)
Lakes (n
= 38), Hudson Plains
Canada
–
783–1083
(median)
–
Molot et al. (2004)
Lakes (n
= 37 & 18), Southern Arctic
Canada
–
525, 192 (median) –
Molot et al. (2004)
Lakes (n
= 12 & 6), Axel Heiberg and Victoria
Islands, Southern Arctic
Canada
–
192, 92 (median) –
Molot et al. (2004)
Lakes (n
= 9 & 1), Banks and Prince Patrick
Islands, Southern Arctic
Canada
–
283, 292 (median) –
Molot et al. (2004)
Precambrian Shield lakes
Canada
–
357–1142
–
Curtis and Schindler (1997)
Lakes (n
= 12), Northwest Ontario, Canada
51ºN
(0.024–80000)
149–816
–
Kelly et al. (2001)
Lakes (n
= 3), Loch Vale Watershed, Rocky Mountain National Park
Canada
(204–660)
31–117
–
McKnight et al. (1997)
Estuaries
Pearl River Estuary, upper to lower reaches
China
–
84–473
–
He et al. (2010), Chen et al.
(2004)
Caeté Estuary, mangroves forest
Brazil
–
283–558
–
Dittmar and Lara (2001)
Satilla Estuary, Geogia
USA
–
1972–2046
–
Moran et al. (2000)
Hudson River Esturay
USA
–
217–539
–
Hummel and Findlay
(2006)
York River Estuary
USA
–
254–713
–
Raymond and Bauer
(2001a)
Coastal Estuaries (n
= 2), San Francisco Bay and
Chesapeake Bay, USA
37–39ºN
–
193
± 4–222
± 3 –
Boyd and Osburn (2004)
Arctic Estuary, the Beaufort Sea
Canada
–
133–453
–
Osburn et al. (2009)
Two Esturies, UK
55ºN
–
427–1427
–
Baker and Spencer (2004)
(continued)
Table
2 (continued)