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Microbial Biomass in Soils Receiving Varying Levels of Organic Inputs - A Data Compilation

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This dataset contains soil microbial biomass data compiled from published laboratory studies and field manipulations of organic inputs to soils. Each study included at least three levels of a given type of organic input applied to a given type of soil. Studies were selected from the literature that had experimentally manipulated organic input rates to soils using unburned, non-synthetic material (e.g. plant litters, manures, and composts). Fifty-five (55) studies, conducted from 1997 to October 2019, were chosen and compiled into a dataset with 358 observations from 96 combinations of a given organic material applied to a given soil in agricultural systems, laboratory incubations, forests, or grasslands.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth and Environmental Systems Science Division
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1768047
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Global, Regional, and National Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions (1751 - 2014) (V. 2017) dataset January 2017
Organic-matter decomposition along a temperature gradient in a forested headwater stream journal June 2016
Influence of dual nitrogen and phosphorus additions on nutrient uptake and saturation kinetics in a forested headwater stream journal December 2018


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