ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Carbon bank income and expenditure

uses input and output fluxes to calculate system carbon storage changes.

dCdt=I−O\frac{dC}{dt}=I-O

symbols, variables and units

C: kg C; I, O: kg C/time.

applicable conditions and boundaries

requires clear system boundaries and accounting for all important fluxes; consistent sign conventions.

formula source code

The following is a copyable LaTeX expression.

\frac{dC}{dt}=I-O

Reference and Extended Learning

OpenStax · Biology 2e, Ecology ↗

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