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What is a seston?

What is a seston? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas. It applies to all particulates, including plankton, organic detritus, and inorganic material.
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The initial increase in filtration is a response to greater advection of water pockets of depleted seston emanating from the excurrent siphon of the clam.
The effects of velocity and seston concentration on the exhalant siphon area, valve gape and filtration rate of the mussel Mytilus edulis.
Changes in seston concentration are revealed in the field by the fluorometers, and the sampled water can be analyzed in the laboratory for various seston parameters.

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