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Seasonal Investigation of Natural Organic Matters from Yeongsan River Basin by Fluorescence Spectroscopy  

Lee, Dong-Jin (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center National Institute of Environmental Research)
Chon, Kang-Min (Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
Jung, Soo-Jung (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center National Institute of Environmental Research)
Kim, Sang-Don (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center National Institute of Environmental Research)
Lee, Kyung-Hee (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center National Institute of Environmental Research)
Hwang, Tae-Hee (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center National Institute of Environmental Research)
Hwang, Dong-Jin (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center National Institute of Environmental Research)
Lim, Byung-Jin (Yeongsan River Environment Research Center National Institute of Environmental Research)
Cho, Jae-Weon (Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
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Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment / v.45, no.1, 2012 , pp. 42-51 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the characteristics of natural organic matter (NOM) with general water characteristics (pH, DO, electrical conductivity, BOD, COD, TN, TP, Chl-$a$, DOC, $UV_{254}$, SUVA) and the 3D fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (FEEM) in the Yeongsan River basin. FEEM was used to classify protein-like and fulvic & humiclike substances with fluorescence intensity in the matrix of excitation and emission wavelength. The concentration of BOD, COD, TN, electrical conductivity and DOC in the region of Gwangju city (Gwangju sewage treatment plant: GJS, Gwangjucheon: GJC, Gwangju 2: GJ2) was relatively higher than the upper reaches and lower reaches of the Yeongsan River basin. SUVA in most sites was lower than 3 L $mg^{-1}\;m^{-1}$ as the hydrophilic substances, except Damyang (DY) in the upper reaches of Yeongsan river was higher than 3 L $mg^{-1}\;m^{-1}$ as the hydrophobic substances during winter and autumn. In the FEEM investigation the fulvic and humic substances were found in most sites, and in sites regarding Gwangju city (GJS, GJC, GJ2) during winter and GJC in summer, protein-like substances were found. The trend of fluorescence intensities from the upper reaches to the lower reaches in most sites corresponded to that regarding the concentration of water characteristics (BOD, COD, TN, DOC). That is why the region of Gwangju city (GJS, GJC, GJ2) was relatively higher. This results were an equivalent trend to those of fluorescence index (FI) in most sites, and the higher FIs in the sites of Gwangju city indicate more microbial-derived substances due to enormous effluent organic matters (EfOM) from huge Gwangju sewage treatment plants.
Keywords
natural organic matter (NOM); humic-like substances; 3D fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (FEEM); fluorescence index;
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