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Articles | Volume 20, issue 10
Articles | Volume 20, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1925-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1925-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 10
Research article
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24 May 2023
Research article |  | 24 May 2023

Warming accelerates belowground litter turnover in salt marshes – insights from a Tea Bag Index study

Hao Tang, Stefanie Nolte, Kai Jensen, Roy Rich, Julian Mittmann-Goetsch, and Peter Mueller

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In order to gain the first mechanistic insight into warming effects and litter breakdown dynamics across whole-soil profiles, we used a unique field warming experiment and standardized plant litter to investigate the degree to which rising soil temperatures can accelerate belowground litter breakdown in coastal wetland ecosystems. We found warming strongly increases the initial rate of labile litter decomposition but has less consistent effects on the stabilization of this material.
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