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Domestic Research Trends on Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter in Marine Environment

해양 환경의 형광용존유기물에 관한 국내 연구 동향

  • Kim, Jeonghyun (Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, College of Ocean Sciences, Jeju National University)
  • 김정현 (제주대학교 해양과학대학 지구해양과학과)
  • Received : 2021.08.10
  • Accepted : 2021.09.06
  • Published : 2021.12.30
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Abstract

Fluorescent dissolved organic matter (FDOM) is referred to organic matter which absorbs efficiently solar radiation energy and fluorescence in the water column. The component and molecular structure of marine organic matter can be changed depending on the various substances and origins of organic matter, and then the organic matter has unique fluorescent properties. As the cutting-edge analytical techniques of optical measurement continuously developing from last few decades, a study on FDOM has been applied as a biogeochemical tracer to quantify the organic matter concentration and to investigate the behaviors and origins of organic matter. Especially, the marine environment around the Korean Peninsula is an ideal research area to study FDOM because of various oceanographic characteristics and the origins of organic matter. This study describes the general properties of FDOM and introduces the cycling and behaviors of marine organic matter based on the domestic research studies.

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이 성과는 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구(No. 2021R1C1C1004733)입니다. 또한, 정부(교육부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 제주대학교 기초과학연구소 자율운영중점연구지원사업에서 수행된 기초연구사업(2019R1A6A1A10072987)입니다.

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