Nutrient limitations to soil microbial biomass and activity in loblolly pine forests |
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Authors: | AS Allen |
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Institution: | a Department of Biology, Duke University, P.O. Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338, USA b Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, P.O. Box 90339, Durham, NC 27708-0329, USA |
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Abstract: | We performed an assay of nutrient limitations to soil microbial biomass in forest floor material and intact cores of mineral soil collected from three North Carolina loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) forests. We added solutions containing C, N or P alone and in all possible combinations, and we measured the effects of these treatments on microbial biomass and on microbial respiration, which served as a proxy for microbial activity, during a 7-day laboratory incubation at 22 °C. The C solution used was intended to simulate the initial products of fine root decay. Additions of C dramatically increased respiration in both mineral soil and forest floor material, and C addition increased microbial biomass C in the mineral soil. Additions of N increased respiration in forest floor material and increased microbial biomass N in the mineral soil. Addition of P caused a small increase in forest floor respiration, but had no effect on microbial biomass. |
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Keywords: | Soil microorganisms Nutrient limitation Respiration Nitrogen Phosphorus Carbon |
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