This review provides an integrated synthesis with timelines and evaluations of ecological
responses to eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the USA. Analyses of …

Metabolism of terrestrial organic carbon in freshwater ecosystems is responsible for a large
amount of carbon dioxide outgassing to the atmosphere, in contradiction to the conventional …

The isolation, characterization and study of the properties of aquatic dissolved organic
matter (DOM) still represent a challenge because of the heterogeneity, complexity and low …

Very little is known about growth rates of individual bacterial taxa and how they respond to
environmental flux. Here, we characterized bacterial community diversity, structure and the …

Given the high numbers of deaths and the debilitating nature of diseases caused by the use
of unclean water it is imperative that we have an understanding of the factors that control the …

Carbon is a keystone element in global biogeochemical cycles. It plays a fundamental role
in biotic and abiotic processes in the ocean, which intertwine to mediate the chemistry and …

Exploring the role of enzymes in biogeochemical processes, this reference explores the
function, molecular biology, and biochemistry of microorganisms and their intra-and extra …

A cross-system comparison of organic carbon origin and behaviour in nine European
estuaries is presented. The study sites display a very large range of hydrological and …

Processing of organic matter in tidal estuaries modifies its transfer from the river to the sea.
We examined the distribution and the elemental and isotopic composition of organic matter …

Many studies on bacterial community composition (BCC) do not distinguish between particle-
associated (PA) and free-living (FL) bacteria or neglect the PA fraction by pre-filtration …