Articles | Volume 16, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3605-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3605-2019
Research article
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24 Sep 2019
Research article |  | 24 Sep 2019

Past aridity's effect on carbon mineralization potentials in grassland soils

Zhenjiao Cao, Yufu Jia, Yue Cai, Xin Wang, Huifeng Hu, Jinbo Zhang, Juan Jia, and Xiaojuan Feng

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Using pathway analysis, we demonstrate that past aridity's effect is mediated by differential mechanisms for substrates of varied complexity. While microbial biomass plays a more important role in the decomposition of fresh litter, enzyme-catalyzed extracellular reactions predominantly govern the mineralization of SOC. Our findings have significant implications for assessing and modeling decomposition in different aridity regimes.
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