Relationships with the chemical environment

Organic matter is often very reactive towards its environment, the nature of which can be mineral or organic. 

The increasing interest in the study of organic matter over the last twenty years following the publication of Duursma (1961) has been stimulated by the awareness of the essential role of this material in biological and geochemical processes. 

It is clear that to increase oiur understanding of marine particulates, our preliminary efforts should be focussed on standardizing the recovery techniques and on intercalibrating existing analytical methods. 

Agatova, A.T. and Bogdanov, Y.A., 1972. Biochemical composition of suspended organic matter from the Tropical Pacific. Okeanologyia, 12 (2) 267—276. 

Banoub, M.W. and Williams, P.J. Le B., 1972. Measurement of microbial activity and organic material in the western Mediterranean sea. Deep-Sea Res., 19 433—443. 

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