Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 2
Distribution of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in a variety of natural waters
Study sites
Country/
Length/
DOC
Reference
watershed area
a
Surface (Depth)
c
Deeper (Depth)
b
latitudes
km or (km
2
)
a
(
μ
M C)
Streams
:
Asia
Upstreams, Lake Biwa watershed (n
=
8)
Japan
(3174)
7-110
-
Mostofa et al. (
2005a
)
Upstreams, Lake Biwa watershed, Okutama and
Uryu regions (n
=
35)
Japan
-
12-280
-
Konohira and Yoshioka
(
2005
)
Upstream, Kurose River, Hiroshima Prefecture
(n
=
2)
Japan
-
47-239
-
Mostofa et al. (
2005b
)
Upstream, Ohta River, Hiroshima Prefecture
(n
=
1)
Japan
-
59-67
-
Mostofa et al. (
2005b
)
Upstream, Lake Xingyun basin (n
=
1)
24ºN
-
~50
-
Hayakawa et al. (
2004
)
Upstream sites, Nanming River
26ºN
-
50-100
-
Mostofa et al. (
2010
)
Branches of Upper Region, Yellow River (Huang
He) (n
=
13)
China
-
174-970
-
Mostofa KMG et al.,
(unpublished data)
Europe
Upstreams (Warkworth and Afon Hafren) (n
=
2)
UK
-
21-1000
-
Worrall et al. (
2004a
)
Forest streams, Denmark
55ºN
-
274-1051
-
Stedmon and Markager
(
2005b
)
Fuirosos, forested stream
Spain
-
150
-
Vazquez et al. (
2011
)
De Inslag forest, Brasschaat, Belgian Campine
region
Belgian (51ºN)
-
~1000-6250
-
Gielen et al. (
2011
)
Upstreams, The United Kingdom Acid Waters
Monitoring Network (n
=
11)
UK
(2.1-14.1)
100-1075
-
Monteith and Evans (
2005
),
Evans et al. (
2006
)
Streams, Scotland
Scotland
-
400-933
-
Chapman et al. (
2001
)
Stream, boreal watershed, in northern Sweden
Sweden
(2940)
1308-2192
-
Bertilsson et al. (
1999
)
North America
Upstream rivers (Hubbard Brook)
USA
-
158-717
-
Fahey et al. (
2005
)
