Colloidal organic carbon in Huanghe, Changjiang and Qiantang River

Cross-flow ultrafiltration techniques havc been used to separate colloidal organic carbon (COC) from natural water, and COC in three water samples that were collected from Huanghe, Changjiang and Qiantang River was determined. On average, COC comprised about 68.6% of the total dissolved organic carbon. The abundance of COC suggested that COC could play important roles in input fluxes and biogeochemistry of organic carbon.