Organic matter, organic material, or natural organic matter refers to the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered,...
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Soil organic matter (SOM) is the organic matter component of soil, consisting of plant and animal detritus at various stages of decomposition, cells and...
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Particulate organic matter (POM) is a fraction of total organic matter operationally defined as that which does not pass through a filter pore size that...
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Decomposition (redirect from Decay of organic matter)
or rot is the process by which dead organic substances are broken down into simpler organic or inorganic matter such as carbon dioxide, water, simple...
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Humus (redirect from Humic matter)
humus is the dark organic matter in soil that is formed by the decomposition of plant and animal matter. It is a kind of soil organic matter. It is rich in...
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Sedimentary organic matter includes the organic carbon component of sediments and sedimentary rocks. The organic matter is usually a component of sedimentary...
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Soil (redirect from Organic soil)
Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life...
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organic matter (CDOM) is the optically measurable component of dissolved organic matter in water. Also known as chromophoric dissolved organic matter...
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temperature degradation of organic matter underground over geological timescales. This ultimate derivation notwithstanding, organic compounds are no longer...
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fraction remaining on the filter is called particulate organic carbon (POC). Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a closely related term often used interchangeably...
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Terra preta (section Organic matter and nutrients)
high concentrations; of high quantities of tiny pottery shards; of organic matter such as plant residues, animal feces, fish and animal bones, and other...
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organ Organic matter, matter that has come from a once-living organism, is capable of decay or is the product of decay, or is composed of organic compounds...
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Crop rotation (section Soil organic matter)
crops. Additionally, crop rotations can improve soil structure and organic matter, which reduces erosion and increases farm system resilience. Farmers...
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Bathypelagic zone (section Particulate organic matter)
region are dependent upon the input of organic matter from the overlying epipelagic and mesopelagic zones. This organic material, sometimes called marine snow...
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Organic farming, also known as organic agriculture or ecological farming or biological farming, is an agricultural system that uses fertilizers of organic...
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Organic fertilizers are fertilizers that are naturally produced. Fertilizers are materials that can be added to soil or plants, in order to provide nutrients...
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A: Mineral horizon at the mineral soil surface or buried; contains organic matter that has at least partly been modified in-situ; soil structure and/or...
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Red soil (section Organic matter)
red soil is incorporating organic matter into the soil. Some strategies employed to practice this include the use of organic manure and establishing proper...
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Earthworm (redirect from Earthworm organic cycle)
commonly found in moist, compost-rich soil, eating a wide variety of organic matters, which include detritus, living protozoa, rotifers, nematodes, bacteria...
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structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms. Study of structure...
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Sea spray (section Organic matter)
through bursting bubbles at the air-sea interface Sea spray contains both organic matter and inorganic salts that form sea salt aerosol (SSA). SSA has the ability...
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sponge detritus, and transfer organic matter produced by corals further up the reef food web. Corals release organic matter as both dissolved and particulate...
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and other organic matter that is intermixed with soil, which is denominated "soil organic matter". The detritus of aquatic ecosystems is organic substances...
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tend to take up nitrogen and phosphorus incorporating new organic carbon. Likewise, organic matter decomposed by bacteria releases phosphorus and nitrogen...
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pool, representing about 90% of the total organic carbon in marine environments. Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) is estimated to range 20-70% of...
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is the decomposition (i.e., oxidation) of the chemical compounds in organic matter, by which the nutrients in those compounds are released in soluble inorganic...
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Rot (section Organic matter)
to: Rot, decomposition of organic matter Dry rot, of wood Root rot Wet rot, of wood and other cellulose-rich plant matter Necrosis, of tissue Bit rot...
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Biological process (redirect from Organic process)
chemicals and energy into cellular components (anabolism) and decomposing organic matter (catabolism). Living things require energy to maintain internal organization...
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Biogeochemical cycle (redirect from Cycle of matter)
ocean along with river discharges, rich with dissolved and particulate organic matter and other nutrients. There are biogeochemical cycles for many other...
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Mineral fraction is 0% clay and organic matter is 20% or more Mineral fraction is 0% to 50% clay and organic matter is between 20% and 30% Mineral fraction...
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