carbon mass balance
Accounting framework that tracks carbon inputs, transformations, and outputs in environmental systems to quantify net carbon fluxes
Michaelis-Menten kinetics
stoichiometry
The relative proportions of chemical elements in biological systems
reaction network
BET surface area normalization
Normalizing reaction rates to specific surface area measured by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller gas sorption method
biogeochemical reaction network
Interconnected set of microbially-mediated reactions including aerobic respiration, denitrification, iron reduction, and sulfate reduction
dormancy rate law
microbial efficiency matrix stabilization
Framework suggesting that more labile plant material may be easier for soil microbes to assimilate and transform into microbial necromass, which can become more physically or chemically protected thro...
nutrient supply-demand balance
Comparison of animal-driven nutrient inputs versus ecosystem uptake capacity to determine if nutrients are in surplus or deficit