New TROPECOS paper in Biogeosciences : Seasonal dynamics of dissolved organic matter along an intertidal gradient in semi-arid mangrove soils (New Caledonia) by Mouras et al.

DOM quantity and quality were investigated in semi-arid mangroves with no external organic matter input, developing along an intertidal gradient: a salt-flat, an Avicennia marina stand, and a Rhizophora stylosa stand. Soil and porewater samples were collected during both wet and dry seasons, and analysed for physicochemical parameters, total and dissolved organic carbon (TOC, DOC), chromophoric and fluorescent dissolved organic matter (CDOM, FDOM), and mineralogical composition.