Depicted as large polymers by the traditional model, humic substances (HS) tend to be
considered resistant to biodegradation. However, HS should be regarded as …

Humic substances (HS), a highly transformed part of non-living natural organic matter
(NOM), comprise up to 70% of the soil organic matter (SOM), 50–80% of dissolved organic …

Despite the small continental coverage of lakes, they are hotspots of carbon cycling, largely
due to the processing of terrestrially derived dissolved organic matter (DOM). As DOM is an …

▪ Abstract Heterotrophic bacteria perform two major functions in the transformation of organic
matter: They produce new bacterial biomass (bacterial secondary production [BP]), and they …

A concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of standing waters (lakes and
ponds). As with other books in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis in this book is on …

A pelagic food web model was formulated with the goal of developing a quantitative
understanding of the relationship between total production, export production, and …

The emergent wetland and littoral components of the land-water zone are functionally
coupled by the amounts and types of dissolved organic matter that are released, processed …

Limnology, and in particular the study of the aquatic carbon cycle initially focused on lakes
as isolated ecosystems. Later on, investigations followed of lakes as recipients. Current …

Humic substances (HS) might influence planktonic food chains in lakes in two ways: 1) by
altering the physical or chemical environment and thus modifying autotrophic primary …

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is a key parameter in lakes that can affect numerous
features, including microbial metabolism, light climate, acidity, and primary production. In an …