文摘
Apparent quantum yields of carbon monoxide (CO) photoproduction (AQYCO) for permafrost-derived soil dissolved organic matter (SDOM) from the Yukon River Basin and Alaska coast were determined to examine the dependences of AQYCO on temperature, ionic strength, pH, and SDOM concentration. SDOM from different locations and soil depths all exhibited similar AQYCO spectra irrespective of soil age. AQYCO increased by 68% for a 20 掳C warming, decreased by 25% from ionic strength 0 to 0.7 mol L鈥?, and dropped by 25鈥?8% from pH 4 to 8. These effects combined together could reduce AQYCO by up to 72% when SDOM transits from terrestrial environemnts to open-ocean conditions during summer in the Arctic. A Michaelis鈥揗enten kinetics characterized the influence of SDOM dilution on AQYCO with a very low substrate half-saturation concentration. Generalized global-scale relationships between AQYCO and salinity and absorbance demostrate that the CO-based photoreactivity of ancient permaforst SDOM is comparable to that of modern riverine DOM and that the effects of the physicochemical variables revealed here alone could account for the seaward decline of AQYCO observed in diverse estuarine and coastal water bodies.