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Effects of dissolved organic matter (DOM) sources and nature of solid extraction sorbent on recoverable DOM composition: Implication into potential lability of different compound groups

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry volume 408, pages 4809–4819 (2016)Cite this article

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Noting the source-dependent properties of dissolved organic matter (DOM), this study explored the recoverable compounds by solid phase extraction (SPE) of two common sorbents (C18 and PPL) eluted with methanol solvent for contrasting DOM sources via fluorescence excitation-emission matrix coupled with parallel factor analysis (EEM-PARAFAC) and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS). Fresh algae and leaf litter extracts DOM, one riverine DOM, and one upstream lacustrine DOM were selected for the comparison. C18 sorbent was generally found to extract more diverse molecular formula, relatively higher molecular weight, and more heteroatomic DOM compounds within the studied mass range than PPL sorbent except for the leaf litter extract. Even with the same sorbent, the main molecular features of the two end member DOM were distributed on different sides of the axes of a multivariate ordination, indicating the source-dependent characteristics of the recoverable compounds by the sorbents. In addition, further examination of the molecular formula uniquely present in the two end members and the upstream lake DOM suggested that proteinaceous, tannin-like, and heteroatomic DOM constituents might be potential compound groups which are labile and easily degraded during their mobilization into downstream watershed. This study provides new insights into the sorbent selectivity of DOM from diverse sources and potential lability of various compound groups.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIP) (no. 2014R1A2A2A09049496). Additional support was provided by R&D Center for Green Patrol Technologies through the R&D for Global Top Environmental Technologies funded by the Ministry of Environment (no. 2015001840002). We sincerely thank Mr. Heon-Jae Jung for help with lab and field works.

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  1. Department of Environment and Energy, Sejong University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 143-747, Republic of Korea

    Meilian Chen, Jae-Eun Park & Jin Hur

  2. Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea

    Sunghwan Kim

  3. Mass Spectrometry & Advanced Instrumentation Group, Korea Basic Science Institute, Chungbuk, 363-883, Republic of Korea

    Jae-Eun Park & Hyun Sik Kim

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Chen, M., Kim, S., Park, JE. et al. Effects of dissolved organic matter (DOM) sources and nature of solid extraction sorbent on recoverable DOM composition: Implication into potential lability of different compound groups. Anal Bioanal Chem 408, 4809–4819 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-016-9569-x

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Keywords

  • Dissolved organic matter (DOM)
  • FT-ICR-MS
  • Sorbent selectivity
  • Solid phase extraction
  • Lability