The green iceberg did not contain large amounts of particles from these organisms, but the ice had accumulated dissolved organic matter from the seawater.

这些有机物的微粒在绿色冰山中含量不高，但是冰层中还是积聚了从海水中溶解的有机物。

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The organic matter may partially decompose, using up the dissolved oxygen in the sediment.

有机物可能会进行部分分解，并耗尽沉积物中的溶解氧。

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The reason this matters is that 95% of dissolved organic matter seems to be refractory.

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They therefore suspect the main source of food for AAPB is dissolved organic matter released by phytoplankton.

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It probably does not matter if some silk gets into a vaccine when it is dissolved in water prior to inoculation.

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