Global-change controls on soil-carbon accumulation and loss in coastal vegetated ecosystems

AC Spivak, J Sanderman, JL Bowen, EA Canuel… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Coastal seagrass, mangrove and salt-marsh ecosystems—also termed blue-carbon
ecosystems—play an important role in the global carbon cycle. Much of the organic carbon …

Soil enzymes in a changing environment: current knowledge and future directions

RG Burns, JL DeForest, J Marxsen… - Soil Biology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
This review focuses on some important and challenging aspects of soil extracellular enzyme
research. We report on recent discoveries, identify key research needs and highlight the …

Soil enzyme activity: a brief history and biochemistry as a basis for appropriate interpretations and meta-analysis

P Nannipieri, C Trasar-Cepeda, RP Dick - Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2018 - Springer
Enzyme activity as a method for soil biochemistry and microbiology research has a long
history of more than 100 years that is not widely acknowledged in terms of adherence to …

Oxygen availability regulates the quality of soil dissolved organic matter by mediating microbial metabolism and iron oxidation

Y Li, Z Chen, J Chen, MJ Castellano, C Ye… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays a vital role in biogeochemical processes and in
determining the responses of soil organic matter (SOM) to global change. Although the …

Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance

JAJ Dungait, DW Hopkins, AS Gregory… - Global Change …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanisms to mitigate global climate change by sequestering carbon (C) in different 'sinks'
have been proposed as at least temporary measures. Of the major global C pools, terrestrial …

Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry and ecological theory

RL Sinsabaugh, JJ Follstad Shah - Annual review of ecology …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The net primary production of the biosphere is consumed largely by microorganisms, whose
metabolism creates the trophic base for detrital foodwebs, drives element cycles, and …

Iron-mediated soil carbon response to water-table decline in an alpine wetland

Y Wang, H Wang, JS He, X Feng - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
The tremendous reservoir of soil organic carbon (SOC) in wetlands is being threatened by
water-table decline (WTD) globally. However, the SOC response to WTD remains highly …

Phenol oxidase, peroxidase and organic matter dynamics of soil

RL Sinsabaugh - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
Extracellular enzymes mediate the degradation, transformation and mineralization of soil
organic matter. The activity of cellulases, phosphatases and other hydrolases has received …

Soil labile organic carbon fractions and soil enzyme activities after 10 years of continuous fertilization and wheat residue incorporation

L Zhang, X Chen, Y Xu, M Jin, X Ye, H Gao, W Chu… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Labile organic carbon (LOC) fractions and related enzyme activities in soils are considered
to be early and sensitive indicators of soil quality changes. We investigated the influences of …

Drought-induced carbon loss in peatlands

N Fenner, C Freeman - Nature geoscience, 2011 - nature.com
Peatlands store vast amounts of organic carbon, amounting to approximately 455 Pg.
Carbon builds up in these water-saturated environments owing to the presence of phenolic …