Preface ... ix ; 1. Introduction ... 1 ; Fernando L. Rosario-Ortiz ; Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter ; 2. <"Classic Papers>" on Aquatic Humic Substances: Use of the Hirsch Index ... 7 ; E. Michael Thurman and Imma Ferrer ; 3. Applications of Excitation Emission Matrix Fluorescence with Parallel ; Factor Analysis (EEM-PARAFAC) in Assessing Environmental Dynamics ; of Natural Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in Aquatic Environments: A ; Review ... 27 ; Rudolf Jaffe, Kaelin M. Cawley, and Youhei Yamashita ; 4. Acidic Functional Groups of Suwannee River Natural Organic Matter, ; Humic Acids, and Fulvic Acids ... 75 ; Shamus J. Driver and E. Michael Perdue ; 5. Natural and Unnatural Organic Matter in the Atmosphere: Recent ; Perspectives on the High Molecular Weight Fraction of Organic Aerosol ... 87 ; Tiffany R. Duhl, Nicholas Clements, Natalie Mladenov, Kaelin Cawley, ; Fernando L. Rosario-Ortiz, and Michael P. Hannigan ; Impact of Dissolved Organic Matter on Environmental Processes ; 6. NOM as Natural Xenobiotics ... 115 ; Christian E. W. Steinberg ; 7. NMR Studies of Phosphorus Speciation and Carbon Humification in ; Wetland Soils ... 145 ; Aopeau Imvittaya, Rasha Hamdan, and William Cooper ; 8. Relation between Optical Properties and Formation of Reactive ; Intermediates from Different Size Fractions of Organic Matter ... 159 ; Simon Mostafa, Julie A. Korak, Kyle Shimabuku, Caitlin M. Glover, and ; Fernando L. Rosario-Ortiz ; 9. Using Polyethylene Glycols To Understand the Temperature Dependence of ; the Dissolved Organic Matter-HOBL Reaction ... 181 ; Garrett McKay and Stephen P. Mezyk ; 10. The Use of Perylene as a Probe To Determine the Ability of Dissolved ; Organic Matter in the Aquatic Environment To Associate with Hydrophobic ; Organic Pollutants ... 193 ; M.-H. (Chris) Hsu and I. H. (Mel) Suffet ; Impact of Dissolved Organic Matter on Water Treatment ; 11. Characterization of the Molecular Weight and Reactivity of Natural ; Organic Matter in Surface Waters ... 209 ; Ina Kristiana, Jace Tan, Suzanne McDonald, Cynthia A. Joll, and Anna Heitz ; 12. Fate of Characterized and Uncharacterized Halogenated Organic Matter ; during Coagulation of Natural Waters with Chlorine or Chlorine Dioxide ; Application ... 235 ; Miguel S. Arias and R. Scott Summers ; 13. DBP Reactivity of Organic Matter Fractions Collected During Extreme ; Weather Events ... 257 ; Aaron D. Dotson, Paul Westerhoff, and Amlan Ghosh ; 14. Fluorescence Characterization of Humic Substance Coagulation: ; Application of New Tools to an Old Process ... 281 ; Julie A. Korak, Fernando L. Rosario-Ortiz, and R. Scott Summers ; Editor's Biography ... 301 ; Indexes ; Author Index ... 305 ; Subject Index ... 307