Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Universal molecular structures in natural dissolved organic matter

  • Maren Zark,
  • Thorsten Dittmar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05665-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in aquatic systems is among the most complex molecular mixtures known. Here the authors show that a major component in DOM is molecularly indistinguishable in marine and freshwater environments, which could reflect universal mechanisms behind long-term DOM turnover.