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Organic matter in marine environments results from both autochthonous and allochthonous sources. Phytoplanktonic production is responsible for the internal production of organic matter, which according to dominant biological processes, distributes between the particulate and dissolved phases. Photosynthetic activity transforms, in the presence of inorganic nutrients and light, inorganic carbon into particulate organic matter (POM), of which more than 30% consists of carbon (POC) according to the Redfield stoichiometry and its revisitation by Morel and Hudson (1985)• During photosynthetic processes, a variable percentage of photosynthates is released in the surrounding water as dissolved substances (DOM), consisting of monomeric and low molecular weight polymeric compounds. Other than being directly released by phytoplankton, DOMmay be indirectly produced through sloppy feeding (i.e. the release of dissolved compounds following the breaking of large preyed cells that cannot be ingested whole by the zooplankton), dissolution of faecal pellets and marine snow, and virus-induced bacteria cell lysis.
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- Particulate Organic Carbon
- Dissolve Organic Carbon Concentration
- Organic Matter Source
- Dissolve Organic Carbon Pool
- Dissolve Organic Carbon Analysis
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Pettine, M., Patrolecco, L., Capri, S. (2002). Organic Matter Sources and Dynamics in northern Adriatic Coastal Waters. In: Gianguzza, A., Pelizzetti, E., Sammartano, S. (eds) Chemistry of Marine Water and Sediments. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04935-8_22
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