What group of humic substances determines colour of unpolluted river water? Case study from two different rivers of North-Western Russia

Purpose There is no clear answer to the question as to what kind of humic substances (HSs) (fulvic acids (FAs) or humic acids (HAs)) is primarily responsible for colour of water in water bodies. To resolve this problem, the purpose of this paper is to compare optical properties of the samples of riv...

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Published in:Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
Main Author: Rizhinashvili, Alexandra
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Emerald 2018
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/meq-05-2017-0047
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