Photochemical formation of biologically available nitrogen from dissolved humic substances in coastal marine systems

Dissolved humic substances of vascular plant origin in a coastal marine environment

Bacterial decomposition of vascular plant detritus in coastal wetlands results in the conversion of particulate organic matter to dissolved form and causes the release of humic substances into the bulk dissolved organic carbon (DOC) pool. WC found that 34% of the DOC accumulating during degradation of salt marsh grass (Spartina alternif7oru) from coastal wetlands of the southeastern U.S. fits t...

The Formation of Humic Bodies from Organic Substances.

Interaction of photochemical and microbial processes in the degradation of refractory dissolved organic matter from a coastal marine environment

The interaction between photochemical and biological processes in the degradation of marine dissolved organic matter (DOM) was investigated with seawater from a coastal southeastern U.S. salt marsh. Seawater supplemented with humic substances was exposed to alternating cycles of sunlight (equivalent to 8 h of midday sun) and dark incubations with natural bacterial populations (l-2 weeks in leng...

Groundwater-transported dissolved organic nitrogen exports from coastal watersheds

We analyzed groundwater-transported nitrogen (N) exports from 41 watershed segments that comprised 10 Cape Cod, Massachusetts watersheds to test the hypotheses that chemical form of N exports is related to land use and to length of flow paths through watersheds. In the absence of human habitation, these glacial outwash–plain watersheds exported largely dissolved organic N (DON) but at relativel...

Humic Substances in Biological Agricultural Systems

Organic matter, compost, humus, humates, humic acid, and fulvic acid are all related to, and parts of, decaying plant materials. It’s food for soil life and a storehouse for minerals, energy and water. These organic materials are mediums for certain organisms to grow on. The biological/organic farming system is based on balanced minerals and lots of soil life in terms of diversity and volume. S...