DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER (DOM) IN THE OCEAN PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN REGULATING THE GLOBAL CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLES. UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES INVOLVED IN THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF CARBON, PHOSPHORUS, NITROGEN, AND OTHER MAJOR ELEMENTS IN THE OCEANS HAS BEEN A MAJOR INTEREST OF OCEANOGRAPHERS OVER THE PAST DECADE. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS COURSE IS THE DISTRIBUTION AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IN THE OCEANS WITH EMPHASIS AND PARTICULAR FOCUS ON ELEMENTAL CYCLING. AS COMPLEXES EXIST IN THE MARINE WATERS UNDERGO A NUMBER OF BIOCHEMICAL, PHOTOCHEMICAL, PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATIONS FROM PHOTOSYNTHESIS THROUGH DIAGENESIS AND RE-MINERALIZATION, INTERACTION WITH TRACE METALS, ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION, MICROBIAL ALTERATIONS, AT INTERFACES SUCH AS THOSE BETWEEN LAND AND SEA, SEDIMENT AND WATER, PARTICLE AND BULK SOLUTION. FOR DETAILED TOPICS INCLUDE CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS, LIPIDS, HUMICS, PHEROMONES, AND THEREFORE COMPOUND-SPECIFIC STUDY OF MARINE ORGANIC MATTER PROCESSES PLEASE REFER TO OTHER LECTURE IN 『ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY』.
（LECTURE I）: WHY DISSOLVED ORGANICS MATTER

（LECTURE II）: ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR DOM

（LECTURE III）: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND REACTIVITY

（LECTURE IV）: PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION PROCESSES

（LECTURE V）:DYNAMICS OF DON

（LECTURE V I）: DYNAMICS OF DOP

（LECTURE VI I）:MARINE COLLOIDS AND TRACE METALS

（LECTURE VIII）:CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION

（LECTURE IX）: THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND CYCLING OF CARBON, SULFUR, NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS

（LECTURE X）:
CHROMOPHORIC DOM IN THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT

（LECTURE XI）: CHROMOPHORIC DOM IN THE OPEN OCEAN

（LECTURE XII）: DOM IN THE COASTAL ZONE

（LECTURE XIII）:SEDIMENT PORE WATERS

（LECTURE XIV）: DOC IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN

（LECTURE XV）:DOC IN THE GLOBAL OCEAN CARBON CYCLE

（LECTURE XVI）: MODELING DOM BIOGEOCHEMISTRY.