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Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3045-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3045-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
Research article
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17 Jun 2020
Research article |  | 17 Jun 2020

Using respiration quotients to track changing sources of soil respiration seasonally and with experimental warming

Caitlin Hicks Pries, Alon Angert, Cristina Castanha, Boaz Hilman, and Margaret S. Torn

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The apparent respiration quotient (ARQ) changes according to which substrates microbes consume, allowing sources of soil respiration to be traced. In a forest soil warming experiment, ARQ had a strong seasonal pattern that reflected a shift from respiration being fueled by sugars and organic acids derived from roots during the growing season to respiration being fueled by dead microbes during winter. ARQ values also changed with experimental warming.
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