BABEJ, Ján, Rostislav ČERVENKA, Jan KUTA, Karel BRABEC and Zdeněk MÁČKA. Organic and inorganic carbon storage in riparian zones of Central European rivers – A comparison of methods for their determination. Quaternary International. Elsevier Ltd, 2024, vol. 681, January 2024, p. 44-51. ISSN 1040-6182. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.12.008.
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Original name Organic and inorganic carbon storage in riparian zones of Central European rivers – A comparison of methods for their determination
Authors BABEJ, Ján (703 Slovakia), Rostislav ČERVENKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan KUTA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Karel BRABEC (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Zdeněk MÁČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Quaternary International, Elsevier Ltd, 2024, 1040-6182.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10511 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.200 in 2022
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.12.008
UT WoS 001168024300001
Keywords in English Calcimeter; Carbon; Dry combustion; Loss on ignition; Organic matter; Walkley–Black method
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Abstract
Increasing interest in carbon storage and fluxes in river systems opens space for comparison of methods for the determination of total organic carbon (TOC) and inorganic carbon (TIC) in soil/sediment samples. We analysed 150 soil (leptosols and fluvisols) and sediment samples from three rivers using methods mostly used in studies. Widely used dry combustion method (with CO2 detection) for determination of TOC and TIC was compared with other methods for determination TOC (modified Walkley–Black method), total organic matter (TOM determined by loss on ignition) and TIC (calcimeter, loss on ignition). Furthermore, we proposed a procedure for calculation TOC from TOM together with relative standard deviation resulting from this conversion. Our results showed that the modified Walkley–Black method provides almost identical results of TOC as dry combustion and therefore can be used as an alternative method for the determination of TOC. A strong correlation was found between TOC and TOM (R2 = 0.97 for both methods for determination TOC). The mean relative deviation of TOC values resulting from calculation TOC based on TOM varied between 10.1% and 14.5%. Thus, the calculation TOC from TOM is possible, but only with deviations referred to above. We suggest that for samples with TOM values below 1%, the TOC values cannot be reliably calculated, and in this case, the dry combustion or modified Walkley–Black method must be used for TOC determination. TIC values determined by the three methods vary to a greater extent than those of organic carbon. We assume that in the case of low TIC content (below 1%), various methods can give markedly different results. Due to the higher relative standard deviation in case of dry combustion, it is probably better to use a calcimeter for the determination of TIC in samples with TIC content below 1%.
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