Sensitivity of soil hydrogen uptake to natural and managed moisture dynamics in a semiarid urban ecosystem.

ABSTRACT: The North American Monsoon season (June-September) in the Sonoran Desert brings thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. These rains bring cooler temperature and account for roughly half of the annual precipitation making them important for biogeochemical processes. The intensity of the monsoon rains also increase flooding in urban areas and rely on green infrastructure (GI) stormwater management techniques such as water harvesting and urban rain gardens to capture runoff. The combination of increased water availability during the monsoon and water management provide a broad moisture regime for testing responses in microbial metabolism to natural and managed soil moisture pulses in drylands. Soil microbes rely on atmospheric hydrogen (H₂) as an important energy source in arid and semia

SUBMITTER: Buzzard V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8934528 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature