Seston is what you get when you filter a known amount natural water collected from a lake, or stream onto a little white filter. Then you dry it at 80 degrees Celsius. Weigh it. Then essentially burn it at 500 degrees Celsius. Weigh it again.
Sound stupid? Well, that’s what most science is like. A lot of work for very little information. The difference in the weights just tell you the amount of organics and water content in the water sample. But here’s what they look like when you do like 100 of them at the same time. Cookies!
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