Sentence examples for matter in surface from inspiring English sources

The model represents settling of inflow suspended particulate matter, production and settling of phytoplankton, decomposition of organic matter in surface sediment, denitrification, and DOM flocculation and decomposition.

Organic matter (OM) derived from phoenix tree (fallen leaves: FLOM; green leaves: GLOM) and Microcystis aeruginosa (intracellular organic matter: IOM) were used to mimic the allochthonous and autochthonous organic matter in surface water, respectively.

The provenance of organic matter in surface sediments from the northern Gulf of Mexico was investigated by analyzing the compositions of lipid biomarkers (n-alkanes, fatty acids, sterols) liberated after a series of chemical treatments designed to remove different organo-mineral matrix associations (i.e. freely extractable, base-hydrolyzable, unhydrolyzable).

The decomposition of organic matter in surface waters leads to their acidification.

During water treatment, chlorine reacts with naturally occurring organic matter in surface water to produce a number of by-products.

The Pinaceae have recalcitrant, low-calcium litter compared with other tree species, resulting in a reduction of soil pH and accumulation of organic matter in surface horizons (Reich et al. 2005).

Natural organic matter present in surface waters was confirmed to significantly impact the low-level analysis of tetracyclines (TCs) necessitating the use of standard addition quantification techniques.

The onset of precipitation during this transition, which could conceivably flush downward fecal matter accumulated in surface soils during the dry season, suggests yet another contributing and perhaps dominant factor that is consistent with a connection between E. coli levels and population density during the wet season only.

The high turbidity can be ascribed to larger particles, such as dissolved solids and organic matter in the surface water samples (Schafer et al. 2010).

No other part of the world sustains a greater biomass (total weight of organic matter in a given surface area) than lowland tropical rainforests.

Although TiO2 is used in many consumable materials like cosmetics, sunscreen and colouring matter in medicine, paints, surface coating and water contamination process, it causes pulmonary inflammation in man if inhaled [130 132].