Sentence examples for particles of detritus from inspiring English sources

Rock pool water was filtered through a 63 µm mesh Nitex net, which removed all adult meiofauna but not the associated microbial community, phytoplankton, or particles of detritus smaller than 63 µm.

The majority of sinking organic matter supplied to heterotrophic organisms in the twilight zone is in the form of marine snow, faecal pellets, and other particles of detritus.

The study is aimed at evaluation of mineralogical and textural compositions, transport history, geometry of particles, and provenance of detritus and the effect of chemical weathering.

However, for early-warning purposes, further work is required to determine the minimum detection limits of Chl a and C-PC and their dependency on the optical properties of inland waters as it is known that concentrations of other optically-active substances (e.g. mineral particles, organic detritus and coloured dissolved organic matter) can affect the accuracy of pigment retrieval.

During sampling, sites were classified according to (aquatic) substratum particle size and vegetation; six substrate classes (ranging from silt/clay to block), two classes of detritus (coarse and fine), and 10 classes of riparian land use and vegetation were classified using four categories as: 0%, <5%, 5 50%, and >50% coverage (Table  1).

This explains why concentrations of these compounds in suspended particles decline dramatically with depth 24– 26, whereas the relative proportions of refractory polysaccharides and the C N ratio of detritus both increase 27, 28.

Zebra mussels feed on a wide size range of seston particles including phytoplankton [5], [6], [24], large bacteria [25], clay particles and detritus animals [24], protozoans, small zooplankton, and their own larvae [3], [26].

Tragically South America is not alone with such slums of detritus.

(Also like mice, they leave tiny bits of detritus).

Perez claims he was bent over in front of the bench and a piece of detritus.

Its level of chaos and its plethora of detritus are by now artistic gambits.