Assertion: river sediment | /r/CapableOf | operate as net carbon sink
Facets:
value: due to a greater extent of sedimentation
type: CAUSE
value: in the environments
type: LOCATION
value: compared to the estimated benthic efflux
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: A simple mass balance model indicated that the impoundment-affected river sediments may operate as a net carbon sink in the environments due to a greater extent of sedimentation compared to the estimated benthic efflux and sediment biological respiration.