Sentence examples for course of decomposition from inspiring English sources
The structure of this community varies over the course of decomposition, which has been linked to the chemistry of litter resources.
Here, we test the hypothesis that leaf litter from different tree species becomes more similar in terms of litter stoichiometry, C-biochemistry during the course of decomposition (convergence).
In the course of decomposition, ammonium is released, which is in dissociation equilibrium with ammonia - a strong cell poison.
These studies found that concentrations of P and the base cations Ca and Mg increased significantly over the course of decomposition, which may be particularly important in forest ecosystems with highly acidified soils.
In contrast to nutrient concentrations, the amounts of most nutrients remained constant or decreased over the course of decomposition or, in the case of spruce, increased in the latest decomposition stage (Figs. 3 and 4, Table 4).
The net effect of decreasing CWD mass and increasing nutrient concentrations was either a decreasing (N, P and K in beech; P, Mg, K and Mn in pine), constant (S, Ca and Mg in beech; N, S and Ca in pine) or increasing amount of nutrients (N, P, S and Ca in spruce; Mn in beech) in the logs over the course of decomposition.
The evocation, of course, is of decomposition.
Low and high N levels had inconsistent impacts on the temporal patterns of 13C distribution in saprophytic fungi and ratios of incorporated 13C in cyclopropyl to its precursor during the course of the decomposition.
Whereas the most active corner sites are depleted by oxygen, produced in the course of N2O decomposition, the edge and step sites could be eliminated only by more strongly adsorbed water.
The course of thermal decomposition of 1a in air atmosphere up to 600°C was monitored by TG/DSC techniques, 57Fe Mössbauer and IR spectroscopy.
