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The Bioavailability Of Riverine Dissolved Organic Matter In Coastal Marine Waters Of Southern Texas
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2019
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Source: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 231, 1-11
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Journal Title:Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
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Description:To examine the bioavailability of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON) in riverine dissolved organic matter (DOM) discharged to the coastal ocean, we conducted a series of month-long (24 days) incubation experiments with filtered samples collected from five southern Texas rivers (Lavaca, San Antonio, Mission, Aransas, and Nueces) inoculated using the same natural coastal microbial assemblages during summer (June) and winter (January) in 2016. The bioavailable fractions of DOC and DON (BDOC% and BDON%) varied substantially in different rivers and seasons, ranging respectively from 6–11% and 15–38% during winter, and 0–6% and 9–15% during summer. Relatively higher BDOC% and BDON% occurred in the San Antonio and Aransas Rivers, which are impacted more by human activities through discharge from wastewater treatment plants. Seasonally, the riverine DOM was more bioavailable in winter than in summer when DOM may have been extensively degraded in situ due to the low base flow (or long residence time) and the elevated temperature in river water in summer. The principal component analysis on amino acid composition further confirmed that DOM was less degraded in winter than in summer. Functional gene abundance data revealed that winter riverine DOM was relatively labile as evidenced by an increase in N-metabolism pathways and functional genes during the winter incubation, whereas the opposite pattern was observed in summer. The findings of the varying bioavailability of DOM among rivers and seasons have important implications about the fate of riverine DOM and their potential contributions to nutrient supplies as southern Texas bays and estuaries are often nitrogen limited.
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Source:Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 231, 1-11
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