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Organic matter sinking velocity

With hydraulic residence times ranging from months to years, lakes constitute efficient sedimentation basins for particles. Lacustrine sediments are sinks for nutrients that support biological growth and for pollutants such as those toxic metals and synthetic organic compounds that associate with particulate matter. Natural aggregation increases particle sizes and thus particle settling velocities, accelerates particle removal to bottom sediments, and decreases the concentrations of particles and particle-reactive pollutants in the water column of a lake. [Pg.457]

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