Table 1 dFe (nmol/L), FA (μg/L), HA (μg/L), and the IBC of FA and HA (cal, nmol Fe/(mg HS)) as determined from the YRE samples.

From: Capacity of humic substances to complex with iron at different salinities in the Yangtze River estuary and East China Sea

Station

Deep

Salinity

dFe (nmol/L)

FA (μg/L)

HA (μg/L)

IBC of FA

IBC of HA

C6

0

0.14

176.5

2423.2

1712.3

72.8

103.1

A6-1

0

0.68

163.5

2431.2

1682

67.3

97.2

 

2

0.31

165.3

2510.4

1739.8

65.8

95

A6-2

0

7.28

37.44

1095.5

694.2

34.2

53.9

 

4

6.57

30.7

1126.5

673.4

27.3

45.6

 

7

7.76

25.8

1114.7

638.8

23.1

40.4

A6-3

0

16.38

19.57

750.1

448.4

26.1

43.6

 

6

17.2

17.66

702.2

402.6

25.1

43.9

A6-4

0

25.29

10.91

573.1

320.6

19

34

 

9

27.09

11.58

557.3

326

20.8

35.5

 

16

27.34

10.04

558.8

328

18

30.6

A6-5

0

23.26

9.96

587.7

307

16.9

32.4

 

11

26.9

9.18

569.8

301.9

16.1

30.4

 

20

29.67

7.96

533.3

295.4

14.9

27

A6-6

0

26.86

8.28

488

277.2

17

29.9

 

14

30.61

7.68

553

307.7

13.9

25

 

26

33.02

10.18

461.6

300.9

22.1

33.8

A6-8

0

31.49

6.66

511.5

319.1

13

20.9

 

30

33.46

6.28

495.6

296.8

12.7

21.2

 

59

34.19

8.78

514.3

285.6

17.1

30.7

The total removal rate

96%

79%

84%