New TROPECOS paper in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science "Vertical and tidal variability of dissolved organic matter in mangrove soils: influence on dissolved trace metal dynamics"

  • Dissolved organic carbon content is higher in deeper soil layers.
  • The deep dissolved organic matter is older and more humified than at the surface.
  • The vertical gradients studied are amplified during neap tides.
  • Cr and Mn follow the dissolved organic carbon vertical gradient.
  • Ni and Mo follow an opposite vertical gradient to dissolved organic carbon.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2026.109785