Revisiting the fates of dead leaves that fall into streams

JC Marks - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
As terrestrial leaf litter decomposes in rivers, its constituent elements follow multiple
pathways. Carbon leached as dissolved organic matter can be quickly taken up by …

Bacterial growth efficiency in natural aquatic systems

PA Del Giorgio, JJ Cole - Annual Review of Ecology and …, 1998 - annualreviews.org
▪ 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 review of the export of carbon in river water: fluxes and processes

D Hope, MF Billett, MS Cresser - Environmental pollution, 1994 - Elsevier
This review summarizes data on exports of carbon from a large number of temperate and
boreal catchments in North America, Europe and New Zealand. Organic carbon losses …

Biodegradable organic matter and rapid-rate biofilter performance: A review

LG Terry, RS Summers - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Biodegradable organic matter (BOM), found in all surface waters, is a challenge for drinking
water utilities because it can lead to distribution system bio-regrowth, react to form …

Impact of enhanced and optimized coagulation on removal of organic matter and its biodegradable fraction in drinking water

C Volk, K Bell, E Ibrahim, D Verges, G Amy… - Water research, 2000 - Elsevier
The presence of biodegradable organic matter (BOM) can affect drinking water quality. A
variety of treatment processes can be used to control BOM during drinking water production …

Seasonal changes in the chemical quality and biodegradability of dissolved organic matter exported from soils to streams in coastal temperate rainforest watersheds

JB Fellman, E Hood, DV D'amore, RT Edwards… - Biogeochemistry, 2009 - Springer
The composition and biodegradability of streamwater dissolved organic matter (DOM) varies
with source material and degree of transformation. We combined PARAFAC modeling of …

Effects of streamside vegetation on macroinvertebrate communities of White Clay Creek in eastern North America

BW Sweeney - Proceedings of the Academy of natural Sciences of …, 1993 - JSTOR
The presence or absence of trees on land adjacent to stream channels is shown to
significantly affect the structure and function of macroinvertebrate communities in White Clay …

The role of micro‐organisms in the ecological connectivity of running waters

M Pusch, D Fiebig, I Brettar, H Eisenmann… - Freshwater …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Riparian zones hold a central place in the hydrological cycle, owing to the prevalence of
surface and groundwater interactions. In riparian transition zones, the quality of exfiltrating …

A stormflow/baseflow comparison of dissolved organic matter concentrations and bioavailability in an Appalachian stream

I Buffam, JN Galloway, LK Blum, KJ McGlathery - Biogeochemistry, 2001 - Springer
Patterns of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON) delivery were compared
between times of stormflow and baseflow in Paine Run, an Appalachian stream draining a …

Biodegradable dissolved organic matter in a temperate and a tropical stream determined from ultra‐high resolution mass spectrometry

S Kim, LA Kaplan, PG Hatcher - Limnology and Oceanography, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated dissolved organic matter (DOM) metabolism by employing plug‐flow biofilm
reactors and ultra‐high resolution mass spectrometry of DOM isolated by C18 extraction in …