Identification of possible source markers in marine dissolved organic matter using ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry

• Published in: Geochimica et cosmochimica acta Vol. 73; no. 15; pp. 4384 - 4399
• Main Authors: Kujawinski, Elizabeth B., Longnecker, Krista, Blough, Neil V., Vecchio, Rossana Del, Finlay, Liam, Kitner, Joshua B., Giovannoni, Stephen J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2009
• Subjects: Marine; AN, North Atlantic

Marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) is one of the most heterogeneous and largest pools of reactive carbon on earth, rivaling in mass the carbon in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Nevertheless, the molecular-level composition of marine DOM has eluded detailed description, impeding inquiry into the spec...