authority: goos
slug: dissolved-organic-matter
name: Stable Carbon Isotopes / Dissolved Organic Matter
domain: ocean
subdomain: biogeochemical
authority_id: goos:dissolved-organic-matter
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/A05/current/EV_DOM/
  cf_standard_name: mole_concentration_of_dissolved_organic_carbon_in_sea_water
  gcos_overlap: null
canonical_units: umol kg-1
description: |
  Dissolved organic matter (DOM) - DOC, chromophoric DOM, and stable
  carbon isotopes (delta-13C). Represents one of the largest pools of
  reduced carbon on Earth and a key reservoir of the ocean carbon cycle.
theme: ocean
demos: []
status: stub
sources:
  - https://goosocean.org/eov/stable-carbon-isotopes-dissolved-organic-carbon/