Articles | Volume 16, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1187-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1187-2019
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21 Mar 2019
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On the role of soil water retention characteristic on aerobic microbial respiration

Teamrat A. Ghezzehei, Benjamin Sulman, Chelsea L. Arnold, Nathaniel A. Bogie, and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (02 Nov 2018) by Michael Weintraub
AR by Teamrat Ghezzehei on behalf of the Authors (03 Nov 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Nov 2018) by Michael Weintraub
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Nov 2018)
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 Dec 2018) by Michael Weintraub
AR by Teamrat Ghezzehei on behalf of the Authors (30 Dec 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (21 Jan 2019) by Michael Weintraub
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Soil water is a medium from which microbes acquire resources and within which they are able to move. Occupancy and availability of water and oxygen gas in soils are mutually exclusive. In addition, as soil dries the remaining water is held with an increasing degree of adhesive energy, which restricts microbes' ability to extract resources from water. We introduce a mathematical model that describes these interacting effects and organic matter decomposition.
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