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  • Volatile organic compounds ([[VOC]]) include a large group of different substances. They are ...developed a method to determine concentrations of many different volatile organic compounds simultaneously.
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  • |definition= (1) An increase in the supply of organic matter.<ref name="NIXON">Nixon, S. W. (1995) Coastal marine eutrophication: ...hment of water by [[nutrient]]s, especially nitrogen and/or phosphorus and organic matter, causing an increased growth of algae and higher forms of plant life
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  • *Organic material influences sediment properties
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  • Wet, spongy, poorly drained vegetated area containing a high percentage of organic remnants and residues, frequently associated with a subsurface water source ...articles (silt, fine sand, organic matter), can be glued together by large organic molecules (extracellular polymeric substances, EPS) into large mud flocs. T
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  • ...S, extracellular polymeric substances exuded by organisms. The fraction of organic matter in marine mud is generally very small, especially in comparison with
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  • ...les of environmental issues include the enrichment of enclosed waters with organic matter leading to [[eutrophication]] and pollution by industrial chemicals ...g]] of navigation channels. Sewage sludge dumping increases the fallout of organic material and associated contaminants to the seafloor. It can contribute to
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  • ...l [[nutrient]]s (nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, trace elements) as well as organic carbon<ref> Richardson, K., Jorgensen, B.B., 1996. Eutrophication: definiti ===Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)===
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  • ...assimilated by living things that promote growth, including any number of organic or inorganic compounds used by plants in [[primary production]].
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  • ...lation and fixation of inorganic carbon and other inorganic nutrients into organic matter by autotrophs is called primary production. In calculations of the p
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  • ...content of fines and minimum content of coarse fractions and no content of organic matter
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  • ...In addition, natural objects can resemble oil, such as seaweed, sediment, organic matter, coastlines and oceanic fronts<ref name=F18/>. On the other hand, in
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  • ...pect to the sensor’s spectral resolution. E.g. Chlorophyll and dissolved organic matter (Gelbstoff) cannot be estimated independently if the sensor’s spec
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  • ...metals, among which [[mercury pollution|mercury]], major elements, various organic and inorganic chemicals, etc.) and sediments (e.g. coastal inlets run-off o ...raphic features on the flow mixing and the related transport mechanisms of organic matter. Moving fronts are found to transport plankton communities in the cr
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  • ...provide up to 30% of global marine primary production and about 50% of the organic carbon supplied to the deep ocean<ref name=B19>Bindoff, N.L., Cheung, W.W.L ...ved inorganic carbon (DIC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC)) from coastal habitats followed by ocean storage is relevant a
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  • ...the carbonate-hydrogencarbonate buffering of the water. However, dissolved organic compounds, borates, phosphates, and silicates can also contribute to alkali
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  • ...nd their high commercial value. Both bivalves and fish strongly accumulate organic and anorganic pollutants. ...activity in liver microsomes from the bass Dicentrarchus labrax exposed to organic xenobiotics: role of GSH in the reduction of heavy metal effects. Mar. Envi
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  • ...s of the continental shelf and the ocean because decomposition of detrital organic material (phytoplankton, zooplankton, …) first takes place in the water c ...itrification occurs. Denitrification can also take place in the absence of organic matter by anaerobic ammonium oxidation. This microbial process, called anam
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  • ...ue to net production of non-conservative nitrate through mineralization of organic matter and adsorption of non-conservative phosphorus (P) onto sediment (Rob ...tamination history. This pollution legacy can be compounded with metal and organic contaminants that are mobilized from the sediment as a result of salt intru
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  • ...used and are related to characteristics like colour, texture, grain size, organic content, etc. For example, a mixture of sand and [[clay]] is classified as ...diment mixture consisting of (salt) water, sands, [[silt]]s, [[clay]]s and organic materials.
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  • ...ing effect; blocking of the bag material by sand, silt, clay particles and organic materials will reduce the hydraulic coefficient and thus the sampling effic
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  • ...producible results are to be obtained. Samples containing clay minerals or organic material are very liable to cracking on drying and care should always be ta ...cle size or fall velocity when other than native water is used because the organic material may bind together the sediment particles.
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  • ...ss) Assessment of the Mediterranean sediements contamination by persistent organic pollutants. ''Environmental Pollution'' </ref> <ref name="Micheletti">Miche
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  • ...direction can be easily changed to remove small objects (shell fragments, organic materials, etc.) blocking the intake nozzle. The intake velocity in relatio
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  • ...caused by particles of inorganic matter such as clay and silt, as well as organic matter, plankton and other microscopic organisms.
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  • ...hotopigments (phycoerythrin and phycocyanin) as well as coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM) and hydrocarbons. It has also opened the way for new develop
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  • ...77–187</ref>, which means that they can ingest dissolved and particulate organic material and thus correct an imbalance in the [[Stoichiometry|stoichiometr ...dinoflagellates are mixotrophs which can swim to the pycnocline to capture organic prey<ref>Stoecker, D.K., Hansen, P.J., Caron, D.A. and Mitra, A. 2017. Mixo
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  • ..., creating a nutrient cycle. Some dead algae cells settle to the bottom as organic detritus and become part of the benthic system (benthos). Algae biomass ca ...trients. The available light is primarily a function of the (inorganic and organic) suspended sediment concentrations, which are calculated in the water quali
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  • ...ganic matter. The presence of relatively high concentrations of dissolved organic matter or minerals often distinguishes coastal waters from those of deeper #Coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM)
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  • ...d decomposition of ozone in water. They are powerful oxidants that oxidize organic contaminants by destroying cell membranes of bacteria and algae in ballast
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  • ...on products, an insecticide, or a fungicide. Furthermore, anthracene is an organic cristallized photoconductor used in electrophotography. ...<ref>Verschueren K. (1996) - Anthracene. Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals.
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  • ...(dinitrogen) and N<sub>2</sub>O (nitrous oxide) by microbial oxidation of organic matter.}}
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  • ...ion= (1) General: deposition of material of varying size, both mineral and organic, away from its site of origin by the action of water, wind, gravity or ice;
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  • ...nt from outside. They are chiefly animals, which ingest other organisms or organic matter.
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  • ...pearance of materials. Metabolic degradation of organic matter into simple organic and inorganic compounds, with consequent liberation of energy.
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  • ...ent of outside sources for organic food materials and manufactures its own organic material from inorganic sources. They are mostly green plants.
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  • * scavengers eat coarse particulate organic matter (detritus retained by a 1 mm sieve) * collectors eat fine particulate organic matter (detritus passing through a 1 mm sieve but retained by 0.45 mm sieve
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  • |definition=Dead organic matter and the decomposers that live on it; when broken up by decomposers,
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  • ...arson, T.H. and Rosenberg, R. 1978. Macrobenthic succession in relation to organic enrichment and pollution of the marine environment. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. An ...arson, T.H. and Rosenberg, R. 1978. Macrobenthic succession in relation to organic enrichment and pollution of the marine environment. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. An
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  • ...s were initially defined to include only discrete steps (left of diagram). Organic detritus and microscopic plants (phytoplankton) occupy the first trophic le
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  • ...of primary producers (e.g., extracellular polymeric substances), decaying organic matter and/or associated microbiota. ==Organic matter mineralization==
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  • ...in coastal waters - the conversion of light and carbon dioxide into living organic matter – is mainly limited by availability of [[nitrogen]] and/or [[phosp #Input from the North Sea: This source of organic matter and nutrients used to be one of the drivers of the high fertility of
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  • ...also contribute to acidification, such as calcification, decomposition of organic material, nitrification in surface water (promoted by sewage discharge) and ...ic <math>CO_2</math>. Other processes, such as anaerobic mineralization of organic matter and denitrification, also increase alkalinity and thus play the same
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  • Filter feeders: Any animal that feeds by filtering suspended particulate organic matter from the water column.<ref name="Lincoln">Lincoln R., Boxshall G. an
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  • ...o a '''filtering system''' for the land run-off and remove the terrestrial organic matter. They are very important [[habitat]]s for many species of small fish ...ry organisms attached on them. Snails are important in the turnover of the organic material.
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  • In areas with consistent disturbance and unstable sediments, which are low in organic content, ''Syringodium filiforme'' may be the most abundant seagrass, where ...to anchor in unconsolidated sediments. These algae supply some amounts of organic matter and nutrients to the sediment, but have limited sediment binding cap
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  • ...he oxygen demand is greatest. Especially when the water is eutrophic (high organic content) and turbid, the oxygen demand in the lower layer leads to hypoxia,
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  • ...al., 2020<ref>Baroni, I.R., Palastanga, V. and Slomp, C.P. 2020. Enhanced Organic Carbon Burial in Sediments of Oxygen Minimum Zones Upon Ocean Deoxygenation
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  • With regard to inorganic/organic nitrogen With regard to inorganic/organic phosphorus
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  • ...r can be mineral (such as clay and silts) or organic (such as particulate organic matter or living organisms like plankton). Turbidity is not, however, a dir
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  • ...en converted to oxide, the bromine and iodine replaced by chlorine and all organic matter completely oxidized" <ref>KNUDSEN, M. 1901. Hydrographical tables.
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  • |definition= The net quantity of organic matter or its equivalent in dry matter, carbon, or energy content which is
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  • ...f gelatinous layer. The colonies use this slime layer to temporarily store organic material formed by photosynthesis during the day. This provides the cells w
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  • #Coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM) #Organic suspended solids or [[detritus]] (OSS)
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  • ====Persistent organic pollutants==== Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) include a wide range of substances: industrial chemicals
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  • ...lves. Most of these organisms are deposit-feeders, feeding on particles of organic matter in the sediment. Filter-feeders are not abundant because there is le ...ing from the water above. It consists of fecal pellets, dead organisms and organic debris. There are several ways to capture [[detritus]] such as tentacles,
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  • ...ater degradation culminated due to the continuous increase of nutrient and organic mater inputs. The level of wastewater treatment, especially in the upstream
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  • Another part of the waste products consists of CO<sub>2</sub>, dissolved organic carbon and various soluble nutrients (e.g. ammonia and phosphate) which are ...milate dissolved inorganic nutrients from the water, while bivalves filter organic suspended particles which can be left-over feed or phytoplankton from the e
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  • ...others such as water pollution in particular with heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, nutrients from agriculture and oil, in marine and coastal areas
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  • ...nclude significant decreases in organic matter content (up to 52%), slower organic carbon turnover ( approx. 37%), and reduced meiofauna abundance (80%), biod
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  • ...action caused by groundwater extraction, oil/gas mining and/or drainage of organic soils.
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  • Microalgae are the major producers of [[Biomass|biomass]] and organic compounds in the aquatic environment. Among the marine microalgae there are
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  • ...pth. This is related to oxygen consumption by microbial mineralization of organic matter sinking out of the photic zone (see [[Nutrient conversion in the mar
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  • ...water where collapse of peat soil is caused by microbial mineralization of organic matter<ref>Hutchings, A.M., Antler. G., Wilkening, J.V., Basu, A., Bradbury Soils with a high percentage of fine soft sediments (clay, organic material) cannot bear much weight. Sea dikes built on such soils cannot the
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  • ...exposed hard and steep substrate and strong bottom currents that transport organic matter from the continental shelf to the deep sea<ref>De Leo, F. C., Smith, ...]'' has been shown to incorporate everything from dissolved and particular organic carbon to algal biomass to small zooplankton.
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  • ...nt to avoid cell shrinkage or dilatation. Osmolytes are usually low-weight organic molecules such as sugars, amino acids or methylamines. ...he intracellular osmotic pressure usually occurs through the production of organic osmolytes.
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  • ...surface water. Due to slow water renewal in the bottom layer together with organic matter mineralization, the bottom layer is generally deprived of oxygen.
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  • ...ed 'upwelling' and is very important for enrichment of surface waters with organic matter and nutrients. Upwelling zones are characterized by a very rich mari
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  • {{Definition|title=Respiration|definition=A chemical process whereby organic matter is oxidized by organisms, releasing energy and <math>CO_2</math> <re
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  • ...xide and oxygen, and produce sugar, sulfur, and water. Other bacteria make organic matter by reducing sulfide or by oxidizing methane. The bacteria are prey t
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  • ...ame=RV></ref>. Gas formation (methane) due to the anaerobic degradation of organic material can contribute to the loss of stability of the sediment layer on t
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  • ...egions annually accumulate pollution, including [[Portal:Ecotox|Persistent Organic Pollutants]] (POPs), which have been discharged from industry and agricultu
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  • ...articles (silt, fine sand, organic matter), can be glued together by large organic molecules (extracellular polymeric substances, EPS) into large mud flocs. T
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  • ...e commonly produced where there is a deficiency of oxygen due to very high organic productivity and a lack of oxygen replenishment to the water or sediment, a
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  • ...tes” for the Stockholm convention list of the so-called POPs (persistent organic pollutants). POPs are chemical substances that persist in the environment, ...300 to 450 times higher than that of [[hexachlorobenzene]], two classical organic pollutants, which are known to be hazardous
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  • ...compared to simpler habitats. They produce large amounts of nutrients and organic matter that can be directly used by other organisms as food resources. The
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  • ...functions, including mediating water flows, accumulating [[sediments]] and organic matter, processing [[nutrients]], fertilising adjacent coastal waters and p
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  • ...condary Production in the Arctic Seas. In: Stein, R., MacDonald, R.W., The organic carbon cycle in the Arctic Ocean. Springer, pp 57-81</ref>. The productivit ...organic carbon cycle at the seafloor. in: Stein, R., MacDonald, R.W., The organic carbon cycle in the Arctic Ocean. Springer, pp 139-167.</ref>. The fauna of
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  • ...ts seasonality and spatial variability. Spring bloom – main pulse of new organic matter in higher latitudes starts in February March in Westernmost while in ...s”). High and rapid biomass production results in high flux not consumed organic carbon fall passing by lid of halocline and in decomposition processes caus
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  • ...n have a soft soil largely consisting of thick Holocene layers of clay and organic material. Because of the high sensitivity to subsidence, special precaution ...mproved water quality as the soil can reduce acidity, remove inorganic and organic compounds through adsorption while chemical as well as biological processes
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  • ...rophs': they are phototrophic but can also ingest particulate or dissolved organic matter (Flynn et al., 2013<ref>Flynn, K.J., Stoecker, D.K., Mitra, A., Rave ...ms, especially blooms of mixotrophic algae that feed both on nutrients and organic material (Berdalet et al., 2014<ref name=Ber>Berdalet, E.,McManus, M.A., Ro
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  • ...alled chloroplasts. These are present in all species of [[phytoplankton]]. Organic matter formed by these organisms forms the basis of almost all food chains. ...e picophytoplankton size class. '''Heterotrophic''' bacteria either absorb organic matter directly from their surroundings, or actively capture and ingest bac
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  • ...th. They are vital within their ecosystem for the production of oxygen and organic material and they support numerous animal species that utilise them as a si ...of ''P. oceanica'' allows other ecosystems to be enriched by the swathe of organic material that is carried by the currents and waves. The biomass of ''P. oce
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  • * they facilitate biomineralization of organic matter and enhance nutrient regeneration; [[Image:role.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Figure 6: Decomposition of organic contamination on sandy shore]]
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  • ...the ecological processes that control the fluxes of energy, nutrients and organic matter through an environment”.
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  • ...s (Posidonia oceanica) beds in a Mediterranean bay: seagrass decline after organic matter cessation. Oceanol. Acta, 22(1): 109-117.</ref>,<ref>Ruiz, J.M., Per ...e centuries. Measures like remediation of seagrass sediments enriched with organic matter, or transplanting of P. oceanica, are at an experimental stage.
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  • ...Marine Paints: the particular case of antifouling paints”. Progress in Organic Coatings, 59: 2-20. </ref>. In the case of vessels, the degree of fouling o ...: 10-14. </ref>. More recent methods included the use of paints containing organic compounds of lead, arsenic, mercury and halogens (''e.g.'' DDT) and copper
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  • ...son, T.H. and Rosenberg, R. (1978). Macrobenthic succession in relation to organic enrichment and pollution of the marine environment. ''Oceanography and Mari
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  • ...e phase proteins (APP). Protein structures, and the influence of metal and organic pollutants on these can be analysed and allow, therefore, conclusions about
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  • ...water, some of mineralic composition, such as clay minerals, and others of organic origin. They are summarised under the term suspended particulate matter (SP ...ortant food for many benthic organisms. Furthermore, a number of different organic and inorganic trace substances, which are then transported by suspended mat
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  • ...er, M., Sauter, E. J., Schäfer, A. & Ritzau, W. (2000). Spatial budget of organic carbon flux to the seafloor of the northern North Atlantic (60°N - 80°N). ...iments. Under anoxic conditions CH4 is formed by the microbial turnover of organic matter. At sites where the methane concentration exceeds saturation, format
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  • ...of these substances can be extracted from animals, plants, and microbes by organic solvents (such as methanol or dichloromethane). The compounds are separated
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  • ...o acids, sugars, and nucleotides as food cues. The production of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in certain microenvironments can locally elevate concentration
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  • The study evaluated the occurrence of important organic contaminants in the harbour porpoise: one of the top predators in of the No
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  • ...y (as [[methylmercury]]) and arsenicum because they have high affinity for organic tissues. <ref name = eli>Elliot, M.; Hemingway, K. (2002). Fishes in estuar
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  • ...rcury doesn't have [[biomagnification|biomagnifying]] characteristics, the organic compound, [[methylmercury]], does.
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  • ...volatile organic compounds in marine biota, in: Roose, P. (2005). Volatile organic compounds and related microcontaminants in the Scheldt estuary and the sout
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  • {{Definition|title= volatile organic compounds (VOC) ...s. From a chemistry viewpoint “Volatile Organic Compound” can mean any organic compound (all chemical compounds containing carbon with exceptions) that is
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  • ...or this is that PCBs are insoluble and [[adsorption|adsorb]] to particles (organic matter). Due to the lower productivity in the Antarctic, less particles are
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  • ...because as [[pollution and scavengers|scavengers]], they eat much decaying organic material, which can be heavily polluted.
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  • TBT is an [[organotin compounds|organotin compound]], meaning it's an organic compound with an associated tin molecule. Of all organotins TBT is the one ...publications%5CP00103_BD%20on%20organotin.pdf OSPAR background document on organic tin compounds]
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  • *[[Volatile organic compounds in North Sea fish]]
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