Nitrogen availability regulates topsoil carbon dynamics after permafrost thaw by altering microbial metabolic efficiency

Soil nitrogen availability may alter carbon dynamics after permafrost thaw, but experimental evidence for this carbon-nitrogen interaction is still lacking. Here the authors show that elevated post-thaw nitrogen availability inhibits soil carbon release through its enhancement in microbial metabolic...

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Main Authors: Leiyi Chen, Li Liu, Chao Mao, Shuqi Qin, Jun Wang, Futing Liu, Sergey Blagodatsky, Guibiao Yang, Qiwen Zhang, Dianye Zhang, Jianchun Yu, Yuanhe Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06232-y