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Abbreviations

Benthic boundary layer:

A slow moving water layer above the sediment.

Bioturbation transport:

A chemical mobility process driven by the presence of macrofauna and macroflora residing near the interface.

Chemical flux:

The basic term that quantifies chemical mobility across an interface with units of mass per area per time (kg/m2/s)

Chemical mobility:

A general term used to denote the idea that chemicals do move from place to place.

Interface:

A real or imaginary plane which separates water from sediment.

Mass transfer rate:

The chemical flux times the area perpendicular to its direction of movement (kg/s).

Sediment surface layers:

A series of distinctive mud layers occupying thickness of several centimeters depth.

Transport model:

One of several concepts for describing a chemical mobility process, and the associated formula or algorithm needed to describe it mathematically (a.k.a., the flux expression).

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Thibodeaux, L.J., Germano, J. (2012). Sediment–Water Interfaces , Chemical Flux at. In: Meyers, R.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0851-3_645

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