Comparison of seasonal soil microbial process in snow-covered temperate ecosystems of northern China.

ABSTRACT: More than half of the earth's terrestrial surface currently experiences seasonal snow cover and soil frost. Winter compositional and functional investigations in soil microbial community are frequently conducted in alpine tundra and boreal forest ecosystems. However, little information on winter microbial biogeochemistry is known from seasonally snow-covered temperate ecosystems. As decomposer microbes may differ in their ability/strategy to efficiently use soil organic carbon (SOC) within different phases of the year, understanding seasonal microbial process will increase our knowledge of biogeochemical cycling from the aspect of decomposition rates and corresponding nutrient dynamics. In this study, we measured soil microbial biomass, community composition and potential SOC mineralizatio

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3965484 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature