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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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