Analysis and behavior of soluble organic nitrogen in forest soils

CR Chen, ZH Xu - Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2008 - Springer
Background, aim, and scope A large proportion of soil nitrogen (N;> 80%) is present in
organic form. Current research on plant N uptake in terrestrial ecosystems has focused …

Episodic rewetting enhances carbon and nitrogen release from chaparral soils

AE Miller, JP Schimel, T Meixner, JO Sickman… - Soil Biology and …, 2005 - Elsevier
The short-term pulse of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) mineralization that accompanies the
wetting of dry soils may dominate annual C and N production in many arid and semi-arid …

Characterizing the relationships between soil organic matter components and microbial function and composition along a tillage disturbance gradient

WR Cookson, DV Murphy, MM Roper - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
We studied the effect of no-till (disc seeder), conventional-till (tine scarifier+ disc seeder) and
rotary-till (rotary hoe+ disc seeder) management on soil organic matter (SOM) components …

Amounts and degradability of dissolved organic carbon from foliar litter at different decomposition stages

A Don, K Kalbitz - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
Litter is one of the main sources of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in forest soils and litter
decomposition is an important control of carbon storage and DOC dynamics. The aim of our …

Dissolved organic matter in soils—future directions and unanswered questions

WH McDowell - Geoderma, 2003 - Elsevier
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is an important constituent of soil solution that plays a role
in many chemical and biological processes in soils. Tremendous strides have been made in …

Tree species effects on soil organic matter dynamics: the role of soil cation composition

SE Hobbie, M Ogdahl, J Chorover, OA Chadwick… - Ecosystems, 2007 - Springer
A bstract We studied the influence of tree species on soil carbon and nitrogen (N) dynamics
in a common garden of replicated monocultures of fourteen angiosperm and gymnosperm …

Response of oxidative enzyme activities to nitrogen deposition affects soil concentrations of dissolved organic carbon

MP Waldrop, DR Zak - Ecosystems, 2006 - Springer
Recent evidence suggests that atmospheric nitrate (NO 3−) deposition can alter soil carbon
(C) storage by directly affecting the activity of lignin-degrading soil fungi. In a laboratory …

Precipitation modifies the effects of warming and nitrogen addition on soil microbial communities in northern Chinese grasslands

N Zhang, S Wan, J Guo, G Han, J Gutknecht… - Soil Biology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Terrestrial ecosystems experience simultaneous shifts in multiple drivers of global change,
which can interactively affect various resources. The concept that different resources co-limit …

Spatiotemporal variations of spectral characteristics of dissolved organic matter in river flowing into a key drinking water source in China

H Zhang, K Cui, Z Guo, X Li, J Chen, Z Qi… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The characteristics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in inflowing river, flowing into drinking
water, have profound influences on the quality and safety of water. Here, ultraviolet–visible …

The variation of soil microbial respiration with depth in relation to soil carbon composition

C Fang, JB Moncrieff - Plant and Soil, 2005 - Springer
The vertical variation in soil microbial respiratory activity and its relationship to organic
carbon pools is critical for modeling soil C stock and predicting impacts of climate change …