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Effect of organic matter on DOM sorption on lake sediments

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The effect of organic matter on the sorption of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on lake sediments is critical to understanding the fate and transport of contaminants at the sediment–water interface in lake ecosystems. Results indicate that DOM sorption on sediment is largely due to ligand exchange between the DOM and hydroxyl groups, and the amount of DOC sorbed is a linear function of added DOC. With increasing organic matter content the sediment has lower binding strength, higher releasing ability for DOM, and the higher amount of DOM sorbed by sediment naturally. There was no clear difference before and after the sediment was treated with H2O2, but the constant b implied that after the sediments were treated DOC release was promoted. Organic matter in the sediment tends to impede the sorption of DOC and results in a remarkable decrease in DOC sorption rates.

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We are grateful for financial support from China’s national basic research program: “Studies on the Process of Eutrophication of Lakes and the Mechanism of the Blooming of Blue Green Alga” (2002CB412304).

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  1. Research Center of Lake Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Chaoyang District, Anwai Da Yangfang, 100012, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

    Xiangcan Jin, Shengrui Wang & Xiaoning Zhou

  2. College of Agronomy, Inner Mongolia Agriculture University, 010018, Huhhot, People’s Republic of China

    Haichao Zhao

  3. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 550002, Guiyang, China

    Fengchang Wu

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Jin, X., Wang, S., Zhao, H. et al. Effect of organic matter on DOM sorption on lake sediments. Environ Geol 56, 391–398 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-007-1177-9

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