Sentence examples for bind soil from inspiring English sources

Many cyanobacteria also produce extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) which bind soil particles together and decrease erodibility.

Although tannins in plant detritus can be used as a carbon source by soil microbes [14, 15] they can also have toxic effects as they can bind soil proteins and exoenzymes and also inhibit fungal respiration and nitrification and thus they can inhibit decomposition [4] and hence constrain nutrient cycling which is further inhibited by the anaerobic, acidic, nutrient poor environment.

They aid as biodiversity repositories (Li et al. 2009), restrain soil erosion (Nandy et al. 2011), prevent landslides given that tree roots bind soil, regulate air humidity, temperature and mitigate global warming (Cabral et al. 2010) by absorbing 30%% of fossil fuel CO2 emissions (Pan et al. 2011).

Trees will bind soil deeply, shrubs to a medium depth, groundcovers and perennials more shallowly.

It also helps bind soil particles into larger aggregates, or crumbs.

Bacteria produce (exude) a sticky substance in the form of polysaccharides (a type of sugar) that helps bind soil particles into small aggregates, conferring structural stability to soils.

This protein binds soil particles into crumb-sized clumps, an essential feature of healthy, stable soil.

In creating their water quality model for simulating soil phosphorus concentrations downstream of the Everglades STAs, Walker and Kadlec (1996) determined that the lower bound soil phosphorus concentration for the optimum growth of cattail was 540 mg/kg.

Excess soil was removed from the root using gloved hands until only tightly bound soil remained.

It binds soil particles together; the cementing and aggregation functions improving soil structure and aeration.

In addition to providing nutrients and habitat to organisms living in the soil, organic matter also binds soil particles into aggregates and improves the water holding capacity of soil.