Sentence examples for decaying plants from inspiring English sources
And what about turbidity, which results when particles of clay, decaying plants or even parasites become suspended in the water?
As the barometer falls, gas bubbles formed by decaying plants begin floating to the surface, carrying along plant particles and insects.
Their food consists of decaying plants and other organisms; as they eat, however, earthworms also ingest large amounts of soil, sand, and tiny pebbles.
Some are freshwater, some marine; some are parasites on plants and dipterans, while others live on decaying plants and insect parts.
Since worms eat bacteria that feed on decaying plants and carcasses, she figured they should be able to detect and home in on the aromas of putrefaction.
They focus on the spots where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the main carriers of the Zika virus, like to lay their eggs, which is any place with standing water — flower vases, marble basins, lawn toys, cracks in the headstones, decaying plants.
Distributed worldwide, they usually occur in decaying plant material.
Botulism flourishes in the sort of oxygen-deprived environment provided by decaying plant matter.
They rely instead on fungal associations (mycorrhizae) or decaying plant material to grow.
These animals may feed upon microorganisms, other soil animals, decaying plant or animal material, living plants, or fungi.
Most mesofauna feed on decaying plant material; by removing roots they open drainage and aeration channels in the soil.
