“…However, previous studies pointed out that soils and sediments contain a certain amount of alkaline-insoluble organic matter; this leads to lowered efficiency of remineralization of OI (e.g., Stevenson and Goh, 1971;Ertel and Hedges, 1984;Schnitzer and Schuppli, 1989). Oxidation by NaClO converting DOI into inorganic iodine, is operationally convenient because it can process multiple samples simultaneously (Takayanagi and Wong, 1986;Luther III et al, 1991;Wong and Chen, 1998;Cook et al, 2000). Since conversion by wet chemistry is sensitive to ionic strength, temperature, and reaction time (Chao and Sanzolone, 1992;McKenna and Doering, 1995), it is necessary to set a moderate base condition for the environment sample.…”