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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.017
Titel (primär) Bacterial production and their role in the removal of dissolved organic matter from tributaries of drinking water reservoirs
Autor Kamjunke, N.; Oosterwoud, M.R.; Herzsprung, P.; Tittel, J.
Quelle Science of the Total Environment
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
Department SEEFO; FLOEK; HDG
Band/Volume 548-549
Seite von 51
Seite bis 59
Sprache englisch
Keywords Bacterial production; DOC; Freshness index; Humification index; Phosphorus
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Abstract Enhanced concentrations of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in freshwaters are an increasing problem in drinking water reservoirs. In this study we investigated bacterial DOM degradation rates in the tributaries of the reservoirs and tested the hypotheses that (1) DOM degradation is high enough to decrease DOM loads to reservoirs considerably, (2) DOM degradation is affected by stream hydrology, and (3) phosphorus addition may stimulate bacterial DOM degradation. Bacterial biomass production, which was used as a measure of DOM degradation, was highest in summer, and was usually lower at upstream than at downstream sites. An important proportion of bacterial production was realized in epilithic biofilms. Production of planktonic and biofilm bacteria was related to water temperature. Planktonic production weakly correlated to DOM quality and to total phosphorus concentration. Addition of soluble reactive phosphorus did not stimulate bacterial DOM degradation. Overall, DOM was considerably degraded in summer at low discharge levels, whereas degradation was negligible during flood events (when DOM load in reservoirs was high). The ratio of DOM degradation to total DOM release was negatively related to discharge. On annual average, only 0.6–12% of total DOM released by the catchments was degraded within the tributaries.
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Kamjunke, N., Oosterwoud, M.R., Herzsprung, P., Tittel, J. (2016):
Bacterial production and their role in the removal of dissolved organic matter from tributaries of drinking water reservoirs
Sci. Total Environ. 548-549 , 51 - 59 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.017