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Extraction of water‐soluble organic matter from mineral horizons of forest soils
Authors:Thilo Rennert  Kai F. Gockel  Tim Mansfeldt
Affiliation:1. Lehrstuhl Hydrogeologie, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Friedrich‐Schiller‐Universit?t, Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Germany;2. Umweltamt der Stadt Hagen, Rathausstra?e 11, 58095 Hagen, Germany;3. Arbeitsgruppe Bodengeographie/Bodenkunde, Geographisches Institut, Universit?t zu K?ln, Albertus‐Magnus‐Platz, 50923 K?ln, Germany
Abstract:Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is involved in many important biogeochemical processes in soil. As its collection is laborious, very often water‐soluble organic matter (WSOM) obtained by extracting organic or mineral soil horizons with a dilute salt solution has been used as a substitute of DOM. We extracted WSOM (measured as water‐soluble organic C, WSOC) from seven mineral horizons of three forest soils from North‐Rhine Westphalia, Germany, with demineralized H2O, 0.01 M CaCl2, and 0.5 M K2SO4. We investigated the quantitative and qualitative effects of the extractants on WSOM and compared it with DOM collected with ceramic suction cups from the same horizons. The amounts of WSOC extracted differed significantly between both the extractants and the horizons. With two exceptions, K2SO4 extracted the largest amounts of WSOC (up to 126 mg C kg–1) followed by H2O followed by CaCl2. The H2O extracts revealed by far the highest molar UV absorptivities at 254 nm (up to 5834 L mol–1 cm–1) compared to the salt solutions which is attributed to solubilization of highly aromatic compounds. The amounts of WSOC extracted did not depend on the amounts of Fe and Al oxides as well as on soil organic C and pH. Water‐soluble organic matter extracted by K2SO4 bore the largest similarity to DOM due to relatively analogue molar absorptivities. Therefore, we recommend to use this extractant when trying to obtain a substitute for DOM, but as WSOM extraction is a rate‐limited process, the suitability of extraction procedures to obtain a surrogate of DOM remains ambiguous.
Keywords:dissolved organic matter  water‐soluble organic matter  extraction  forest soil  Stagnosol
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