Dolly Kothawala
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor , Director of Erken Field Station at Department of Ecology and Genetics; Limnology
- E-mail:
- dolly.kothawala@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum (EBC)
Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 Uppsala
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Short presentation
My research focuses on ecological questions related to the biogeochemical cycling of organic matter in freshwater and soil ecosystems. I also work on questions related to improving drinking water quality.
For detailed information about my research please see: https://kothawala.weebly.com and https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1hLWKUoAAAAJ&hl=en

Publications
Selection of publications
Review article: Terrestrial dissolved organic carbon in northern permafrost
Part of The Cryosphere, p. 1443-1465, 2024
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Spatial and Seasonal Variations in Dissolved Methane Across a Large Lake
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 2023
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Part of Water Research, 2023
Part of Aquatic Sciences, 2023
- DOI for Seasonally variable interactions between dissolved organic matter and mineral particles in an agricultural river
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The influence of pH on dissolved organic matter fluorescence in inland waters
Part of Analytical Methods, p. 1351-1360, 2022
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Three Decades of Changing Nutrient Stoichiometry from Source to Sea on the Swedish West Coast
Part of Ecosystems, p. 1809-1824, 2022
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Organic Matter Degradation across Ecosystem Boundaries: The Need for a Unified Conceptualization
Part of Trends in Ecology & Evolution, p. 113-122, 2021
- DOI for Organic Matter Degradation across Ecosystem Boundaries: The Need for a Unified Conceptualization
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Part of Limnology and Oceanography, p. 1730-1742, 2021
How much carbon can be added to soil by sorption?
Part of Biogeochemistry, p. 127-142, 2021
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Part of Biogeochemistry, p. 323-348, 2021
- DOI for How humans alter dissolved organic matter composition in freshwater: relevance for the Earth’s biogeochemistry
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Part of Science of the Total Environment, p. 75-84, 2019
Biogeochemical tools for characterizing organic carbon in inland aquatic ecosystems
Part of Limnology and Oceanography Letters, p. 444-457, 2018
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Part of Environmental Science and Technology Letters, p. 739-744, 2018
- DOI for Understanding Dissolved Organic Matter Reactivity and Composition in Lakes and Streams Using Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS)
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Part of Geoscientific Model Development, p. 937-957, 2018
- DOI for ORCHIDEE-SOM: Modeling soil organic carbon (SOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) dynamics along vertical soil profiles in Europe
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Part of Water Research, p. 320-328, 2017
Part of Limnology and Oceanography, 2017
- DOI for A tale of pipes and reactors: Controls on the in-stream dynamics of dissolved organic matter in rivers
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Variability in organic carbon reactivity across lake residence time and trophic gradients
Part of Nature Geoscience, p. 832-835, 2017
Recent publications
Controls on the respiratory quotient of organic matter decomposition across ecosystems
Part of Biogeochemistry, 2025
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Part of Water Research, 2024
- DOI for Water residence time is an important predictor of dissolved organic matter composition and drinking water treatability
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Part of Biogeochemistry, p. 1139-1157, 2024
- DOI for Four decades of changing dissolved organic matter quality and stoichiometry in a Swedish forest stream
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Part of Water Research, 2024
- DOI for Disinfection by-product formation potential in response to variability in dissolved organic matter and nutrient inputs: Insights from a mesocosm study
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Review article: Terrestrial dissolved organic carbon in northern permafrost
Part of The Cryosphere, p. 1443-1465, 2024
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Articles in journal
Controls on the respiratory quotient of organic matter decomposition across ecosystems
Part of Biogeochemistry, 2025
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Part of Water Research, 2024
- DOI for Water residence time is an important predictor of dissolved organic matter composition and drinking water treatability
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Part of Biogeochemistry, p. 1139-1157, 2024
- DOI for Four decades of changing dissolved organic matter quality and stoichiometry in a Swedish forest stream
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Part of Water Research, 2024
- DOI for Disinfection by-product formation potential in response to variability in dissolved organic matter and nutrient inputs: Insights from a mesocosm study
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Spatial and Seasonal Variations in Dissolved Methane Across a Large Lake
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 2023
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Part of Water Research, 2023
Selective Exclusion of Aromatic Organic Carbon During Lake Ice Formation
Part of Geophysical Research Letters, 2023
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Part of Water Research, 2023
Part of Aquatic Sciences, 2023
- DOI for Seasonally variable interactions between dissolved organic matter and mineral particles in an agricultural river
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Part of Environmental Science and Technology, p. 4655-4664, 2022
Part of Ecology, 2022
- DOI for Unified understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic controls of dissolved organic carbon reactivity in aquatic ecosystems
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Part of Environmental Science and Technology, p. 16494-16505, 2022
The influence of pH on dissolved organic matter fluorescence in inland waters
Part of Analytical Methods, p. 1351-1360, 2022
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Three Decades of Changing Nutrient Stoichiometry from Source to Sea on the Swedish West Coast
Part of Ecosystems, p. 1809-1824, 2022
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Organic Matter Degradation across Ecosystem Boundaries: The Need for a Unified Conceptualization
Part of Trends in Ecology & Evolution, p. 113-122, 2021
- DOI for Organic Matter Degradation across Ecosystem Boundaries: The Need for a Unified Conceptualization
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Part of Limnology and Oceanography, p. 1730-1742, 2021
How much carbon can be added to soil by sorption?
Part of Biogeochemistry, p. 127-142, 2021
- DOI for How much carbon can be added to soil by sorption?
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Part of Biogeochemistry, p. 323-348, 2021
- DOI for How humans alter dissolved organic matter composition in freshwater: relevance for the Earth’s biogeochemistry
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 2020
- DOI for Selective Adsorption of Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Matter to Inorganic Surfaces Along a Boreal Inland Water Continuum
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Part of Water Research, 2020
- DOI for Rainstorm events shift the molecular composition and export of dissolved organic matter in a large drinking water reservoir in China: High frequency buoys and field observations
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 2020
- DOI for Particles and Aeration at Mire-Stream Interfaces Cause Selective Removal and Modification of Dissolved Organic Matter
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Part of Limnology and Oceanography, p. 63-76, 2020
- DOI for Linking dissolved organic matter composition and bacterioplankton communities in an Amazon floodplain system
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Part of Environmental Science and Pollution Research, p. 23873-23885, 2019
Part of Science of the Total Environment, p. 75-84, 2019
Biogeochemical tools for characterizing organic carbon in inland aquatic ecosystems
Part of Limnology and Oceanography Letters, p. 444-457, 2018
- DOI for Biogeochemical tools for characterizing organic carbon in inland aquatic ecosystems
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Part of Environmental Science and Technology Letters, p. 739-744, 2018
- DOI for Understanding Dissolved Organic Matter Reactivity and Composition in Lakes and Streams Using Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS)
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Part of MethodsX, p. 1017-1026, 2018
- DOI for Cleaning and sampling protocol for analysis of mercury and dissolved organic matter in freshwater systems
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Part of Water Research, p. 172-182, 2018
Part of Water resources research, p. 3896-3912, 2018
- DOI for Stream Dissolved Organic Matter Composition Reflects the Riparian Zone, Not Upslope Soils in Boreal Forest Headwaters
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Part of Geoscientific Model Development, p. 937-957, 2018
- DOI for ORCHIDEE-SOM: Modeling soil organic carbon (SOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) dynamics along vertical soil profiles in Europe
- Download full text (pdf) of ORCHIDEE-SOM: Modeling soil organic carbon (SOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) dynamics along vertical soil profiles in Europe
Part of Water Research, p. 320-328, 2017
Part of Limnology and Oceanography, 2017
- DOI for A tale of pipes and reactors: Controls on the in-stream dynamics of dissolved organic matter in rivers
- Download full text (pdf) of A tale of pipes and reactors: Controls on the in-stream dynamics of dissolved organic matter in rivers
Variability in organic carbon reactivity across lake residence time and trophic gradients
Part of Nature Geoscience, p. 832-835, 2017
Preferential sequestration of terrestrial organic matter in boreal lake sediments
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, p. 863-874, 2017
- DOI for Preferential sequestration of terrestrial organic matter in boreal lake sediments
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Persistence of dissolved organic matter in lakes related to its molecular characteristics
Part of Nature Geoscience, p. 454-457, 2015
Part of Water Research, p. 286-294, 2015
- DOI for Tracking changes in the optical properties and molecular composition of dissolved organic matter during drinking water production
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, p. 1491-1505, 2015
- DOI for The relative influence of land cover, hydrology, and in-stream processing on the composition of dissolved organic matter in boreal streams
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Impact of iron associated to organic matter on remote sensing estimates of lake carbon content
Part of Remote Sensing of Environment, p. 109-116, 2015
Chemodiversity of dissolved organic matter in lakes driven by climate and hydrology
Part of Nature Communications, p. 3804, 2014
Controls of dissolved organic matter quality: evidence from a large-scale boreal lake survey
Part of Global Change Biology, p. 1101-1114, 2014
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, p. 1985-1998, 2014
- DOI for Hourly, daily, and seasonal variability in the absorption spectra of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in a eutrophic, humic lake
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Inner filter correction of dissolved organic matter fluorescence
Part of Limnology and Oceanography, p. 616-630, 2013
In-Lake Processes Offset Increased Terrestrial Inputs of Dissolved Organic Carbon and Color to Lakes
Part of PLOS ONE, 2013
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Selective decay of terrestrial organic carbon during transport from land to sea
Part of Global Change Biology, p. 349-355, 2012
Reactivity continuum of dissolved organic carbon decomposition in lake water
Part of Journal of Geophysical Research, 2012
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Part of Science of the Total Environment, p. 238-246, 2012
Selective adsorption of dissolved organic matter to mineral soils
Part of Geoderma, p. 334-342, 2012
Variability in spectral absorbance metrics across boreal lake waters
Part of Journal of Environmental Monitoring, p. 2643-2652, 2012
Articles, review/survey
Review article: Terrestrial dissolved organic carbon in northern permafrost
Part of The Cryosphere, p. 1443-1465, 2024
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