biosedimentation
nounEtymology From bio- + sedimentation.
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The sedimentation of organic material to form biosediment.
- These data were then used to calculate biosedimentation parameters in the region.1992, Patricia A. Nagel, Results of the Third Joint US-USSR Bering & Chukchi Seas Expedition (BERPAC), page 225:
- Biosedimentation processes are more intensive in biologically productive zones (in particular coastal and shelf regions).2001, L. Erdman, A. Gusev, N. Pavlova, MAP Technical Report Series No. 130: Atmospheric Input of Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Mediterranean Sea, →ISBN:
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- Nevertheless, the role played by vertical transport (in particular, by biosedimentation) in self-purification of seas and oceans from chlorinated hydrocarbons must not be overestimated.2016, S.A. Patin, Pollution and the Biological Resources of the Oceans, →ISBN, page 48: