Sentence examples for decomposing organisms from inspiring English sources

Through photosynthesis, living trees store carbon, but when they die they begin to decompose, and the action of those decomposing organisms releases carbon.

Some of the old obsessions resurfaced in Mr. Greenaway's next two features, but a chill was beginning to set in. "A Zed and Two Noughts" (1985) was an inquisition into grief, decay and the number two, as twin zoologists (brothers Brian and Eric Deacon) cope with their wives' deaths in an auto accident by creating time-lapse films of decomposing organisms from apples to zebras.

They feed on bacteria and become the link between decomposing organisms and other higher organisms in the trophic level (Ramirez et al. 2014).

The enrichment of δ13C of SOM through the soil profiles is either consistent with the carbon isotopic fractionation of SOM by decomposing organisms, or the differential mineralization of both labile and stable carbon stocks in soils.

All non-harvested crop biomass C, and all manure C not emitted as CH4, are assumed to be decomposed and respired as CO2 by decomposing organisms within the same year as production.

Systematic disturbance of dung decomposing organisms, primarily beetles, flies and earthworms, by toxic anthropogenic veterinary pharmaceuticals excreted by livestock has produced sufficiently negative effects that regulators mandate environmental risk assessments worldwide (VICH 2004; EC 2009).

Soft elements, such as muscles and gut contents, were sometimes squeezed out of the decomposing organism to produce dark stains on the fossils.

Pseudomonads, for instance, are extremely versatile organisms, which are primarily found in soil, water, decomposing organic materials, and also found in the intestinal flora.

Similarly, within the context of decomposition, many students explain that carbon from a decomposing organism enters the soil (Hartley et al., 2011).

First, tracing carbon backward is a more difficult task for students to reason through than tracing carbon forward from a decomposing organism (i.e., "Where was the carbon?" rather than "Where will the carbon go next?").

During a survey following the earthquake, evidence of coastal uplift was detected when dead and decomposing intertidal organisms were discovered along the beaches in the epicentral region.