Articles | Volume 16, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3665-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3665-2019
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27 Sep 2019
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Physical constraints for respiration in microbial hotspots in soil and their importance for denitrification

Steffen Schlüter, Jan Zawallich, Hans-Jörg Vogel, and Peter Dörsch

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Jun 2019) by Jianming Xu
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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (26 Jul 2019) by Jianming Xu
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RR by Ali Ebrahimi (27 Jul 2019)
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (03 Sep 2019) by Jianming Xu
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A combination of gas chromatography and X-ray CT reveals the microscale processes that govern soil respiration. Aerobic and anaerobic respiration in microbial hotspots depends not only on the quality and quantity of soil organic matter, but also on the spatial distribution of hotspots. Denitrification kinetics are mainly governed by hotspot architecture due to local competition for oxygen during growth. Cumulative behavior is mainly governed by water saturation due to the overall supply with O2.
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