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Ecology

Illuviation

Biology; Ecology

Accumulation of soil materials (clay, humus, iron, etc. ) leached from one soil layer or horizon into another.

Carbon cycle

Biology; Ecology

The passage and recycling of carbon through the plantary biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.

Hotbed

Biology; Ecology

A bed of soil enclosed by a structure with a top of glass, and heated, often by manure, for raising seedlings.

Bird

Biology; Ecology

According to one source, a vertebrate whose body is covered with feathers. For more on this, see Pedanticism.

Colony forming units (CFU)

Biology; Ecology

Bacterial colonies cultured from a water sample. CFUs indicate the water's level of bacterial concentration.

Paleomagnetic dating

Biology; Ecology

Dating ancient minerals by using their magnetic properties to trace reversals in the Earth's magnetic field.

Salmonella

Biology; Ecology

A diarrhea-producing intestinal bacterium that causes typhus and poisons raw milk, eggs, meat, and poultry.

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