Articles | Volume 16, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3911-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3911-2019
Research article
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10 Oct 2019
Research article |  | 10 Oct 2019

Spatial gradients in the characteristics of soil-carbon fractions are associated with abiotic features but not microbial communities

Aditi Sengupta, Julia Indivero, Cailene Gunn, Malak M. Tfaily, Rosalie K. Chu, Jason Toyoda, Vanessa L. Bailey, Nicholas D. Ward, and James C. Stegen

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Coastal terrestrial–aquatic interfaces represent dynamic yet poorly understood zones of biogeochemical cycles. We evaluated associations between the soil salinity gradient, molecular-level soil-C chemistry, and microbial community assembly processes in a coastal watershed on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, USA. Results revealed salinity-driven gradients in molecular-level C chemistry, with little evidence of an association between C chemistry and microbial community assembly processes.
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