Dissolved Organic Carbon concentration and properties in two constrasting pre-alpine streams

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This study investigates the influence of hyporheic exchange on dissolved organic matter (DOM) dynamics in two contrasting 100-m stream reaches within the Isère catchment, French Alps Piedmont. One reach (Correncon, Disconnected) exhibited no significant hyporheic exchange due to semi-permeable silty sand sediment, while the other (La Fauge, Connected) had a relative connectivity of 0.49 ± 0.014, indicating active hyporheic flow through permeable clean sand. At 25 evenly spaced transects, hyporheic wells (1.6 cm PVC, 0.4 cm mesh, 25 cm depth) were installed and sampled over five days. A conservative tracer (NaCl) was added upstream to quantify hyporheic exchange via electrical conductivity (EC) dynamics. Surface and hyporheic water samples were collected at background and plateau conditions, with Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) measured via TOC analyzer and DOM composition assessed using excitation-emission matrices (EEMs). EEMs were corrected for instrument bias, inner filter effects, and calibrated to Raman Units. Spectroscopic metrics—fluorescence index (FI), biological index (BIX), and humification index (HIX)—were calculated to assess DOM source, age, and degree of humification. Data include EC time series, DOC concentrations, EEMs, and derived DOM metrics.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996227
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1899/10-078.1
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2452
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.03.002
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JG000683
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2139
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Provenance
Creator Mendoza-Lera, Clara ORCID logo; Pastor, Ada (ORCID: 0000-0002-7114-770X); Anna, Lupon; Catalan, Nuria; Datry, Thibault
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess false
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 393 data points
Discipline Biogeochemistry; Biospheric Sciences; Geosciences; Natural Sciences
Spatial Coverage (5.544W, 45.048S, 5.578E, 45.057N); French Alps
Temporal Coverage Begin 2016-06-20T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2016-07-11T00:00:00Z