Effects of initial microbial biomass abundance on respiration during pine litter decomposition.

IMPORTANCE:Microbial biomass is one of the most common microbial parameters used in land carbon (C) cycle models, however, it is notoriously difficult to measure accurately. To understand the consequences of mismeasurement, as well as the broader importance of microbial biomass abundance as a direct...

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Main Authors: Michaeline B N Albright, Andreas Runde, Deanna Lopez, Jason Gans, Sanna Sevanto, Dominic Woolf, John Dunbar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224641