SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TERRESTRIAL AND COASTAL WATERS IN ESTONIA
S. BABICHENKO, A. LEEBEN
L. PORYVKINA, E. RULL
S. LAPIMAA
Tallinn University of Educational Sciences,
Institute of Ecology
2 Kevade St., Tallinn
10137 Estonia
| The Spectral Fluorescent Signatures (SFS) technology has been applied to investigate the seasonal and annual variability of dissolved organic matter (DOM), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), phytoplankton and organic pollution in Estonian rivers and coastal zone. Statistical analysis of data collected in 1996–1998 allowed to perform the classification of natural waters by using DOM/DOC ratio as a characteristic parameter. |