Enzymes digest the organic matter outside their cells. This is known as extracellular digestion as it happens outside the cells. The products of digestion are absorbed by the bacteria and fungi.

(B) The transformations of organic to inorganic carbon through decomposition and photosynthesis continue in rivers; here, CO2 will re-exchange with the atmosphere (degassing), or be converted to ...

Coastal areas, which carry over 50% of the world's population, are essential to humankind because they offer abundant ...

The balance between decreased decomposition rates (reduced C emissions ... Terrestrial sedimentation and the carbon cycle: Coupling weathering and erosion to carbon burial. Global Biogeochemical ...