Deconstructing the microbial necromass continuum to inform soil carbon sequestration

• Published in: Functional ecology Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 1396 - 1410
• Main Authors: Buckeridge, Kate M., Creamer, Courtney, Whitaker, Jeanette
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2022
• Subjects: amino sugars; Biofilms; Carbon; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Destabilization; Ecosystems; Food chains; Food webs; microbial necromass continuum; Microorganisms; necromass recycling; Organic carbon; persistence; Recycling; soil carbon sequestration; Soil dynamics; Soil structure; Soils; stabilization

Microbial necromass is a large, dynamic and persistent component of soil organic carbon, the dominant terrestrial carbon pool. Quantification of necromass carbon stocks and its susceptibility to global change is becoming standard practice in soil carbon research. However, the typical proxies used fo...