Plant diversity drives soil microbial biomass carbon in grasslands irrespective of global environmental change factors [PDF]
Global Change Biology, 2015 Soil microbial biomass is a key determinant of carbon dynamics in the soil. Several studies have shown that soil microbial biomass significantly increases with plant species diversity, but it remains unclear whether plant species diversity can also ...
Madhav P Thakur +2 more
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Microbial carrying capacity and carbon biomass of plastic marine debris [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2020 Abstract Trillions of plastic debris fragments are floating at sea, presenting a substantial surface area for microbial colonization. Numerous cultivation-independent surveys have characterized plastic-associated microbial biofilms, however, quantitative studies addressing microbial carbon biomass are lacking. Our confocal laser scanning
Shiye Zhao +3 more
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Geoderma, 2023 Tropical and subtropical forests are critical in global carbon budgets. Although separating soil organic carbon (SOC) into particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC) advances our understanding of SOC sequestration, how ...
Rong Chen +8 more
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Drivers and trends of global soil microbial carbon over two decades
Nature Communications, 2022 Soil microorganisms are central to sustain soil functions and services, like carbon and nutrient cycling. Currently, we only have a limited understanding of the spatial-temporal dynamics of soil microorganisms, restricting our ability to assess long-term
Guillaume Patoine +6 more
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Microbial regulation of soil carbon properties under nitrogen addition and plant inputs removal [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background Soil microbial communities and their associated enzyme activities play key roles in carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil microbial communities are sensitive to resource availability, but the mechanisms of microbial regulation have ...
Ran Wu +3 more
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Soil microbial respiration adapts to higher and longer warming experiments at the global scale
Environmental Research Letters, 2023 Warming can affect soil microbial respiration by changing microbial biomass and community composition. The responses of soil microbial respiration to warming under experimental conditions are also related to background conditions and the experimental ...
Lu Yang +13 more
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Investigation on effect of forest plantation of Alnus ghutinosa L. (Gaertn.) and Pinus taeda L. on soil microbial activity and biomass (case study: Geisom site, west of Guilan province, Iran) [PDF]
تحقیقات جنگل و صنوبر ایران, 2012 Biological property is a best indicator for soil quality identification due to its relationships with soil nutrient cycle, respiration, microbial biomass and enzymes activity.
Ali Salehi +2 more
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Effects of uranium on soil microbial biomass carbon, enzymes, plant biomass and microbial diversity in yellow soils [PDF]
Radioprotection, 2016 We conducted an experiment to investigate the effects of uranium (U) on soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC), enzymes, plant biomass and microbial diversity in yellow soils under three concentrations: 0 mg kg-1 (T1, control), 30 mg kg-1 (T2) and 60 mg kg-1 (T3).
X. Yan, Y. Zhang, X. Luo, L. Yu
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Microbial responses to doses of cover plant straw in cerrado piauiense oxisol
Bioscience Journal, 2020 Carbon and nitrogen from the soil microbial biomass play a significant role in the rotation of C and N, and promote nutrient cycling. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate changes in the soil microbial biomass with growing doses of cover ...
Sarah Priscilla do Nascimento Amorim +5 more
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Agronomy, 2021 Different types of soil respond variably to biochar amendment. Soil structure and fertility are properties which strongly affect the impacts of biochar on soil fertility and microbial activity.
Martin Brtnicky +9 more
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