Liable detritus = Liable litter biomass (Duever et al., 1986) + Labile non living POC + Labile DOC - Living sediment

Division between Refractory and Liable detritus standing stock according to compartment definition and Dierberg and Ewel, (1986) and convert gramms of biomass in gramms of carbon using a 1: 0.45 ratio (Jorgensen, S.E., et al., 1991) ,

Liable litter biomass Liable non living POC Liable DOC Living sediment Total Liable detritus
gC/m2 gC/m2 gC/m2 gC/m2 gC/m2
Wet season 559.69 0.344 1.847 2.650 559.23
Dry season 419.77 0.115 0.618 1.987 418.51

Refractory detritus = Refractory litter biomass (Duever et al., 1986) + Refractory non living POC + Refractory DOC

Division between Refractory and Liable detritus standing stock according to compartment definition and Dierberg and Ewel, (1986) and convert gramms of biomass in gramms of carbon using a 1: 0.45 ratio (Jorgensen, S.E., et al., 1991) ,

Refractory litter biomass Refractory non living POC Refractory DOC Total Refractory detritus
gC/m2 gC/m2 gC/m2 gC/m2
Wet season 397.80 0.077 5.204 403.08
Dry season 298.35 0.026 1.741 300.12

Vertebrate detritus = total input to this compartment / turnover time (The turnover time is one week, because this compartment include vertebtate bodies just after death.


To Refractory detritus = Refractory DOC inflow + Refractory non Living POC inflow

To Liable detritus = Liable DOC inflow + Liable non living POC inflow

From Refractory detritus = Refractory DOC outflow + Refractory non Living POC outflow + Peat formation (Duever, 1986)

From Liable detritus = Liable DOC outflow + Liable non living POC outflow