Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-817-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-817-2015
Research article
 | 
10 Feb 2015
Research article |  | 10 Feb 2015

Microbial respiration per unit microbial biomass depends on litter layer carbon-to-nitrogen ratio

M. Spohn

Viewed

Total article views: 8,333 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
4,904 3,237 192 8,333 123 181
  • HTML: 4,904
  • PDF: 3,237
  • XML: 192
  • Total: 8,333
  • BibTeX: 123
  • EndNote: 181
Views and downloads (calculated since 24 Oct 2014)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 24 Oct 2014)

Cited

Saved (final revised paper)

Saved (preprint)

Latest update: 16 Jul 2024
Download
Short summary
Soil microbial respiration is a central process in the terrestrial carbon (C) cycle. In this study, I tested the effect of the carbon-to-nitrogen (C:N) ratio of soil litter layers on microbial respiration in absolute terms and per unit microbial biomass C. For this purpose, a global dataset on microbial respiration per unit microbial biomass C – termed the metabolic quotient (qCO2) – was compiled form literature data. It was found that the qCO2 in the soil litter layers was positively correlated
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint