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Modeling microbial carbon fluxes and stocks in global soils from 1901 to 2016
Liyuan He
Biology Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California – Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Melanie A. Mayes
Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
Chun-Ta Lai
Biology Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
David A. Lipson
Biology Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
Biology Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
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Soil microbes are the driving engine for biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nutrients. This study applies a microbial-explicit model to quantify bacteria and fungal biomass carbon in soils from 1901 to 2016. Results showed substantial increases in bacterial and fungal biomass carbon over the past century, jointly influenced by vegetation growth and soil temperature and moisture. This pioneering century-long estimation offers crucial insights into soil microbial roles in global carbon cycling.
Soil microbes are the driving engine for biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nutrients. This...
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