Quantity and quality of particulate organic matter controls bacterial production in the Columbia River estuary

Agriculture & Biology

• Columbia River 100%
• particulate organic matter 92%
• turbidity 71%
• estuaries 68%
• particulates 48%
• microbial activity 34%
• bioreactors 32%
• organic matter 29%
• rivers 26%
• chlorophyll 23%
• algal blooms 19%
• nitrogen 19%
• oceans 17%
• carbon nitrogen ratio 17%
• bioavailability 15%
• sensors (equipment) 15%
• concentrates 13%
• salinity 13%
• pigments 12%
• sampling 11%
• summer 10%
• nutrients 9%
• water 6%
• temperature 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• particulate organic matter 74%
• turbidity 57%
• estuary 51%
• residence time 43%
• river 32%
• microbial activity 32%
• bioreactor 30%
• chlorophyll a 29%
• organic matter 22%
• settling velocity 19%
• nitrogen 19%
• suspended particulate matter 18%
• particle 16%
• pigment 15%
• bioavailability 15%
• algal bloom 14%
• material 13%
• phytoplankton 12%
• transform 12%
• salinity 11%
• sensor 11%
• nutrient 10%
• summer 9%
• ocean 9%
• sampling 9%
• temperature 6%
• rate 5%
• water 5%