Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
TOC
The TOC content in a sample is a measure for the organic matter which comprises all living and dead biomass.
Specimen
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  Fine insoluble mineral or organic particles in the water phase
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  Soil is livelihood and biosphere for humans, animals, plants and soil organisms. All the substances brought in are transported, transformed and/or accumulated in the soil.
 
Sampling area
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  The only high mountains national park in Germany and an area of the Limestone Alps with international relevance
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  Important, old-industrialised conurbation in Germany.
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  Main water divide between the North- and Baltic Sea
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  Longest river in Germany
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  Germany's first national park
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  Fourth largest river basin in Central Europe
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  Region in the chemical triangle of Central Germany
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  Germany's largest forest national park
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  Second highest and largest low mountain range in Northern Germany
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  Germany's largest connected forest area in a range of low mountains
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  The Upper Bavarian Tertiary Uplands are a part of the Southern German Molasse Basin
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  Second largest river in Europe
 
Sampling period
2002 - 2023