Spectrophotometric and Chromatographic Analysis of Carbohydrates in Marine Samples

Carbohydrates are ubiquitous in the marine environment and comprise about 15% to 35% of the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) (Burney et al., 1982; Romankevich, 1984; Pakulski and Benner, 1993; Myklestad and Børsheim, 2007). Carbohydrates are versatile compounds of the dissolved organic matter (DOM) serving numerous functions in cell metabolism, for example, as energy, storage, and structural components.