Sentence examples for given amount of soil from inspiring English sources
Ray fungi, growing in long filaments, are somewhat less numerous than the bacteria, but since they are larger, their total weight in a given amount of soil may be about the same.
Column studies in the laboratory showed that, for a given amount of soil added, such a graded layer gives more seepage control than a compacted earth liner.
As more N is left in senescing tissues of frequently clipped vegetation and litter C : N ratios are reduced, it is possible that frequent clipping would speed up the rate of mineralization of litter N from a given amount of litter added to the soil (Booth et al. 2005), if soil moisture and soil temperature remain similar.
The optimum water content for maximum dry density which results in maximum strength can be achieved for a given amount of work done on the soil in compaction.
The liquid limit is the point at which a given amount of water added to a soil or clay converts it to a semi-fluid state; the plastic limit refers to the water content at which soil begins to crumble on being rolled into a 3 mm diameter thread.
The soil was pre-treated with 1 M HCl, and loss of weight gives amount of inorganic C IC).
Also, split slurry applications to create a layered lining gave more seepage control than when the same total amount of soil was given in one single slurry application.
The pot size (1·5 L) might be small, but individuals received the same amount of soil resources including nutrients that were given throughout the experiment to minimize the pot size problem (Poorter et al., 2012 b ).
Real-time PCR on a similar amount of soil as used for inoculation of agar plates gave all Ct-values above 25 which consequently represent a conservative threshold for separating viable from non-viable bacteria.
"Most of us are worried about removing that extra amount of soil," said Helga Guthy of the Wading River Civic Association.
