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Molecular changes of aquatic humic substances formed from four aquatic macrophytes decomposed under different oxygen conditions

2017; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 33; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/02757540.2017.1393532

1029-0370

Argos Willian de Almeida Assunção, Brayan Pétrick de Souza, Wilson Tadeu Lopes da Silva, Marcela Bianchessi da Cunha‐Santino, Irineu Bianchini,

Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Aquatic macrophytes’ decomposition is a source of recalcitrant carbon in the long term contributing to humic substances (HS) formation. Understanding the influence of plant detritus quality and oxygen availability over molecular changes of these compounds provides ecological information related to their cycling. This study described the molecular variation of dissolved HS from Eichhornia azurea, Egeria najas, Oxycaryum cubense and Salvinia molesta decomposition under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The aquatic HS formed from the four aquatic macrophytes showed similar features (e.g. molecular weight and aromaticity). This fact indicates little influence of the detritus quality or availability of oxygen on the fulvic acids (FA) and humic acid characteristics. Under aerobic condition a decrease in the polysaccharides content in FA occurred. HS from E. najas were related to less-recalcitrant features, while HS from S. molesta were related to recalcitrant.