Quantifying photodegradation of peatland-derived dissolved organic carbon in the coastal ocean of Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Zhou, Yongli, Müller, Moritz, Cherukuru, Nagur, Martin, Patrick
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Social sciences::Geography; Carbon Cycle; Photodegradation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172990
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Southeast Asia's peatlands are a globally significant source of terrigenous dissolved organic carbon (tDOC) to the ocean, and field observations show that this tDOC is extensively remineralized within the shelf sea. Yet the processes that drive this remineralization remain unclear. Here, we com...