Search Results - "McKnight, Diane M"
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Ancient low–molecular-weight organic acids in permafrost fuel rapid carbon dioxide production upon thaw
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (10-11-2015)“…Northern permafrost soils store a vast reservoir of carbon, nearly twice that of the present atmosphere. Current and projected climate warming threatens…”
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Dissolved Organic Matter Quality in a Shallow Aquifer of Bangladesh: Implications for Arsenic Mobility
Published in Environmental science & technology (15-09-2015)“…In some high arsenic (As) groundwater systems, correlations are observed between dissolved organic matter (DOM) and As concentrations, but in other systems,…”
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Dissolved fulvic acids from a high arsenic aquifer shuttle electrons to enhance microbial iron reduction
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-02-2018)“…It was demonstrated more than two decades ago that microorganisms use humic substances, including fulvic acid (FA), as electron shuttles during iron (Fe)…”
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Characterization of IHSS Pony Lake fulvic acid dissolved organic matter by electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and fluorescence spectroscopy
Published in Organic geochemistry (01-12-2013)“…•IHSS Pony Lake and Suwannee River fulvic acid DOM reference samples compared.•Molecular constituents assigned and characterized using FT-ICR MS.•Complementary…”
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Comparison of seasonal changes in fluorescent dissolved organic matter among aquatic lake and stream sites in the Green Lakes Valley
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research. B. Solid Earth (23-03-2010)“…The spectral characteristics of whole water dissolved organic matter (DOM) and fulvic acid were studied in samples collected from an alpine lake, a subalpine…”
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Dissolved black carbon in Antarctic lakes: Chemical signatures of past and present sources
Published in Geophysical research letters (16-06-2016)“…The perennially ice‐covered, closed‐basin lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, serve as sentinels for understanding the fate of dissolved black carbon…”
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Riparian Bird Occupancy in a Mountain Watershed in the Colorado Mineral Belt Appears Resilient to Climate-Change-Driven Increases in Metals and Rare Earth Elements in Water and Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
Published in Diversity (Basel) (01-05-2023)“…Acid rock drainage (ARD) impacts species composition in mountain streams. The potential impact for riparian birds experiencing elevated metal uptake by…”
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Drifting along: using diatoms to track the contribution of microbial mats to particulate organic matter transport in a glacial meltwater stream in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (09-05-2024)“…Flow pulses mobilize particulate organic matter (POM) in streams from the surrounding landscape and streambed. This POM serves as a source of energy and…”
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Dissolved Organic Matter Sources and Consequences for Iron and Arsenic Mobilization in Bangladesh Aquifers
Published in Environmental science & technology (01-01-2010)“…Iron (Fe) and dissolved organic matter (DOM) cycling have been implicated in arsenic mobilization via microbially mediated Fe oxide reduction. To evaluate the…”
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Microbial life at −13 °C in the brine of an ice-sealed Antarctic lake
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (11-12-2012)“…The permanent ice cover of Lake Vida (Antarctica) encapsulates an extreme cryogenic brine ecosystem (−13 °C; salinity, 200). This aphotic ecosystem is anoxic…”
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Supporting Simultaneous Air Revitalization and Thermal Control in a Crewed Habitat With Temperate Chlorella vulgaris and Eurythermic Antarctic Chlorophyta
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (24-08-2021)“…Including a multifunctional, bioregenerative algal photobioreactor for simultaneous air revitalization and thermal control may aid in carbon loop closure for…”
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Chemical characteristics of fulvic acids from Arctic surface waters: Microbial contributions and photochemical transformations
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences (01-12-2007)“…Dissolved organic matter (DOM) originating from the extensive Arctic tundra is an important source of organic material to the Arctic Ocean. Chemical…”
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Patterns of bacterial biodiversity in the glacial meltwater streams of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Published in FEMS microbiology ecology (01-10-2016)“…Microbial consortia dominate glacial meltwater streams from polar regions, including the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV), where they thrive under physiologically…”
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Impacts of coal dust from an active mine on the spectral reflectance of Arctic surface snow in Svalbard, Norway
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Atmospheres (16-02-2017)“…Light‐absorbing particles (LAPs) in snow such as dust and black carbon influence the radiative forcing at the Earth's surface, which has major implications for…”
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A Model of Degradation and Production of Three Pools of Dissolved Organic Matter in an Alpine Lake
Published in Limnology and oceanography (01-11-2009)“…We investigated the transport and production of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in an alpine lake in the Colorado Front Range during snowmelt and the summer…”
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Spectrofluorometric Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter for Indication of Precursor Organic Material and Aromaticity
Published in Limnology and oceanography (01-01-2001)“…We studied the fluorescence properties of fulvic acids isolated from streams and rivers receiving predominantly terrestrial sources of organic material and…”
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Probing the oxidation–reduction properties of terrestrially and microbially derived dissolved organic matter
Published in Geochimica et cosmochimica acta (15-06-2007)“…Dissolved organic matter (DOM) has been shown to be an integral component in biogeochemical electron transfer reactions due to its demonstrated ability to…”
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Characterization of a nitrogen-rich fulvic acid and its precursor algae from solid state NMR
Published in Organic geochemistry (01-08-2007)“…A nitrogen-rich fulvic acid (FA) from Pony Lake, a coastal pond in Antarctica, was investigated using advanced solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)…”
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Characterizing chlorine oxidation of dissolved organic matter and disinfection by-product formation with fluorescence spectroscopy and parallel factor analysis
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences (01-12-2009)“…Relationships between chlorine demand and disinfection by‐product (DBP) formation during chlorination and fluorescence of dissolved organic matter (DOM) were…”
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Hydrological Controls on Ecosystem Dynamics in Lake Fryxell, Antarctica
Published in PloS one (21-07-2016)“…The McMurdo Dry Valleys constitute the largest ice free area of Antarctica. The area is a polar desert with an annual precipitation of ∼ 3 cm water equivalent,…”
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