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Hans Jenny's Equation |
Si= CLORPT |
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1851 |
Stoke's Law |
The bigger are they, the faster they settle |
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1905 |
Munsell Color Chart |
By Albert Munsell |
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HUE |
Dominant spectral color, wavelength of light |
5YR |
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VALUE |
Lightness or Darkness of the color |
5/ |
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CHROMA |
Intensity/brightness |
/4 |
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1840 |
Chemist, ion exchange |
England |
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Acid Soil |
Below pH 7 |
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Alkaline Soils |
pH 7 and above |
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Saline Soils |
Below pH 8.5 |
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Obligate Aerobe |
Dependent on atmospheric O2 |
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Facultative Anaerobe |
Not required O2 for growth but grows better in its presence |
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Aerotelerant Anaerobe |
Grows equally well in presence/absence pf O2 |
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Obligate Anaerobe |
Does not tolerate O2 |
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Microaerophile |
Requires O2 levels between 2-10% for growth |
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Biodiversity |
Set of animals and veges species, their genetic mat. and ecosystem they belong to |
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Genetic Diversity |
Gene and genotype variation with species |
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Species Diversity |
Both numbers and abundance of species present in an area |
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Species |
Grouo of individuals able to breed |
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Ecosystem diversity |
Abundance of habitats |
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Mineralization |
Conversion of organic N to inorganic N |
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Immobilization |
Conversion of inorganic N to organic N |
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Ammonification |
Microbial breakdown of organic matter |
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Nitrification |
Ammonium to nitrite |
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Denitrification |
Nitrate N to gaseous N by facultative anaerobic |
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Nitrogenase |
Reduction of N2 to ammonia |
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