. 2012 Sep 25;7(9):e45140. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045140

Table 1. Percent mass remaining at early, mid, late and end stage decomposition for four different decomposition rates (k in d⁻¹).

		Time (d)
Stage	Mass remaining	k = 0.0005	k = 0.002	k = 0.01	k = 0.1
Early	80%	446	112	22	2
Mid	50%	1386	347	69	7
Late	20%	3219	805	161	16
End	1%	9210	2303	461	46
Years to end		25.2	6.3	1.3	0.1

Time is the number of days (d) it takes for mass remaining to reach 80, 50, 20 or 1% for early, mid, late or end stage decomposition, respectively. Time is also provided in years for end stage decomposition.

Table 1. Percent mass remaining at early, mid, late and end stage decomposition for four different decomposition rates (k in d−1).

Table 1. Percent mass remaining at early, mid, late and end stage decomposition for four different decomposition rates (k in d⁻¹).