A study of the leaf litter decomposition rates over a year confirmed this observation, and showed that the processing of organic matter was significantly slower in the "toxic site", causing the leaves to remain on the ground for a longer time period (data not shown).
It seemed that the consistently rising runoff DOC observed in this study has an important link to microbial processing of organic matter in dry seasons followed by pulsed response and subsequent lateral flow in rainy season (Fenner and Freeman 2011; Ritson et al. 2014).
These soils then reflect different belowground biogeochemical processing of organic matter.
Practically, the overall saccharification yield increases when LPMOs are combined with the three common cellulases, especially in the processing of dry matter with relevant remnants of lignin (Cannella and Jørgensen 2014).
Recent observations show the ubiquity of crystalline silicate in various objects, among which comets provide the best opportunity to study possible processing of pristine matter during their formation and evolution.
This paper focuses on the modification of flow velocities and the trapping of fine sediment (particles <2 mm in diameter) by in-stream macrophytes and the processing of dissolved organic matter (DOM), fine particulate organic matter (FPOM) and fine inorganic particles into faecal pellets by blackfly larvae attached to the leaves of Ranunculus plants.
Heterotrophic respiration (Rh), microbial processing of soil organic matter to carbon dioxide (CO2), is a major, yet highly uncertain, carbon (C) flux from terrestrial systems to the atmosphere.
These results suggest a strong urban effect on forest soil N levels, and show a link between changes in N availability and microbial processing of soil organic matter.
Several conceptual models provide unifying concepts about the connections of rivers with the landscape in terms of ecosystem properties such as processing of energy and matter, habitat, biodiversity, and resilience in the face of disturbance.
Metabolic processing of ingested organic matter causes changes in the ratio of heavy to light isotopes (isotopic fractionation) of 13C 12C and 15N:14N which leads to distinct isotopic compositions (Jacob et al. 2005).
Should any of this matter?
