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Download full textBrown, Courtney – NCSSSMST Journal, 2006
Sediment oxygen demand (SOD) is the rate that dissolved oxygen leaves the water column in a body of water due to the build-up and decomposition of organic carbons in the sediment. The introduction of organic materials changes the chemistry of streams, and many chemical reactions occurring in bodies of water, with the exception of photosynthesis,…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Ecology, Organic Chemistry, Water Pollution
